Do you want to work on your Visa?

[donagigi]

You have both lost your American Express
cards. Do you want to work on your Visa?


What's "work on" mean here?

[Alamshar]

In the context here "work on" is incorrectly used. "work" is often followed by "on" when we refer to something specific.

For example:
I'm working on a new project at at moment and it's very interesting.
I need to work on my English as it's very poor.
My brother is working on the car at the moment as it has a problem.

In these cases the sentences are incorrect if you don't use the preposition.

I can't imagine any situation where you would need to work on your Visa card unless you needed to apply for it or there was a problem with it that you needed to resolve.

p.s. What does "work on" mean here [U]not[U] What's mean "work on" here?
Don't forget the auxiliary verb when asking questions!

[Barb_D]

Visa (like Mastercard) is a way to pay for things -- a credit card. American Express is a way to pay for things.

I don't understand what the speaker means by "work on" either. The dialog is puzzling.

[emsr2d2]

You have both lost your American Express
cards. Do you want to work on your Visa?


What's "work on" mean here?

Where did you hear/read this? Was there any more context, perhaps somehow explaining how work might be a good verb? If not, then I agree with the others - this is a very odd dialogue and "work on" makes no sense.