"work the room" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-work the room.ogg [Australia] Forms: works the room [present, singular, third-person], working the room [participle, present], worked the room [participle, past], worked the room [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} work the room (third-person singular simple present works the room, present participle working the room, simple past and past participle worked the room)
  1. (idiomatic, of a host, hostess, or guest) To interact enthusiastically with the attendees at an event, by moving among them, greeting them, and engaging them in conversation. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-work_the_room-en-verb-Tm72GsAC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 64 36 Disambiguation of English predicates: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 65 35
  2. (idiomatic, of a performer or public speaker) To interact with one's audience, taking cues from its reactions and adapting one's performance or words to elicit the audience's attention and enthusiasm. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to interact with one's audience): ottaa yleisönsä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-work_the_room-en-verb-CvIr8zjc Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 48 52 Disambiguation of "to interact with one's audience": 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: work the crowd, work the line, work the bar, work the audience Related terms: meet-and-greet, read the room Translations (to interact with attendees at social event): ottaa yleisönsä (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'to interact with attendees at social event': 53 47

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