work the refs
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "You should also work the refs during pregame warmups, telling them how hard your players work on blocking out in practice and hope that the refs give your players a fair chance."
- "He worked the refs better than anyone I've ever seen. He was a great bench coach, too. He had a great feel for playing the right people at the right time."
- "I don't remember much about the game, who won or lost, but what I do remember was Jack, his intensity and the fierce, passionate way he worked the refs."
- "All coaches work the refs because they understand human nature better than anyone."
- "Slater said that Bush would charm reporters in an attempt to "work the refs" much like a basketball coach will try to cajole and hassle referees in order to influence calls."
- "Today this pressure is better funded and more coordinated on the Right, making their efforts to work the refs, to script our political spectacles, more powerful."