work off
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
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How to use work off in a sentence
Is it that back-and-forth what makes you two work off-screen as well?
Emma Stone On ‘The Amazing Spider-Man,’ Andrew Garfield, & More | Marlow Stern | June 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Other Idioms and Phrases with work off
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]
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