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work off
verb
- to get rid of or dissipate, as by effort
he worked off some of his energy by digging the garden
- to discharge (a debt) by labour rather than payment
Idioms and Phrases
Get rid of by work or effort, as in They worked off that big dinner by running on the beach , or It'll take him months to work off that debt . [Second half of 1600s]Example Sentences
The family have been farming Scald End Farm, a mixed beef and sheep farm in north Bedfordshire, since the 1940s but they all now also have to work off farm to supplement their income.
"We know each other and what we are about. That helps, but the ability to work off each other and do different roles like at six and seven, we are technically doing different things."
She said this would begin by working with Oldham Council and up to four other pilot areas, with £5m being put up to "get work off the ground".
We worked off the foundation that was laid for us by the first production of “The Piano Lesson.”
He said the family tradition is more of a way to work off last night’s meal than get the best deals, which he says don’t feel all that special compared to what’s offered online.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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