To achieve perfection.
To achieve success at each attempt.
To have identical outcomes with each attempt.
To reach first base on every at-bat.
To smooth or perfect.
To make sense of.
To strengthen a part one’s body by exercise.
To earn a wage working away from one's farm.
To bring about or cause to happen by work or effort.
To succeed; to result in a satisfactory situation.
To conclude with the correct solution.
To remove all the mineral that can be profitably exploited.
To exercise, especially by lifting weights.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see work, out.
To calculate.