verb (tr, adverb)
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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Words nearby work off workmanship ,
workmate ,
workmen's compensation ,
workmen's compensation insurance ,
work of art ,
work off ,
work on ,
work one's fingers to the bone ,
work one's way ,
work order ,
workout
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How to use work off in a sentence If anything the work the two cops and the maintenance guy were doing deserves more respect and probably helped a lot more people.
Why, some might be asking, am I being so harsh on their work so soon after they died?
“I love my job and I love my city and I am committed to the work here,” he said in a statement.
So it might be me projecting my desires onto Archer to want to just get away from work for a few weeks.
To make it work almost everything else about these shows has to seem factual which is why many look like a weird Celebrity Sims.
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
With him one is at high pressure all the time, and I have gained a good many more ideas from him than I can work up in a hurry.
In fact, except for Ramona's help, it would have been a question whether even Alessandro could have made Baba work in harness.
The sad end of the mission to King M'Bongo has been narrated in the body of this work.
Entrez donc, 'tis the work of one of your compatriots; and here, though a heretic, you may consider yourself on English ground.
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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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