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We found 3 dictionaries that define the word work to rules:

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  1. work-to-rules: Merriam-Webster
  2. work-to-rules, work-to-rules: Collins English Dictionary
  3. work-to-rules, work to rules: Wiktionary

(Note: See work_to_rule 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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