Usually means: Strict adherence to rules, procedures.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word work to rule:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. work to rule: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. work-to-rule: Merriam-Webster
  3. work to rule: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. work-to-rule, work-to-rule: Collins English Dictionary
  5. work to rule: Vocabulary.com
  6. work-to-rule, work to rule: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. work-to-rule, work to rule: Wiktionary
  8. work-to-rule, work to rule: Dictionary.com
  9. Work-to-rule: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. work to rule: Rhymezone
  11. work to rule: FreeDictionary.org
  12. work to rule: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. work-to-rule, work to rule: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  2. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

(Note: See work_to_rules as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (work to rule)

verb:  (idiomatic) To work slowly by strictly following all work rules, usually in a work-to-rule job action, as part of unionized labor protest.
noun:  Alternative spelling of work-to-rule [A labor protest in which employees do only the minimum work required by the rules of a workplace, following safety or other regulations to the letter in order to cause a slowdown.]

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