at work vs in place

at work

prep
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, work. At one's workplace. 

  • Working, in the process of doing work. 

  • At play, in action. 

in place

adv
  • Into a proper or intended position; into place. 

  • New procedures were put in place. 

  • Without changing position. 

  • Into a state of deployment or implementation. 

adj
  • In an original position. 

  • In a proper position. 

  • Established; in operation. 

How often have the words at work and in place occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )