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WORK OFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does work off mean?
• WORK OFF (verb)
The verb WORK OFF has 1 sense:
1. cause to go away through effort or work
Familiarity information: WORK OFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to go away through effort or work
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
we must work off the debt
Hypernyms (to "work off" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
He is always ready to work off the debt.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Poor as he was, and determined to rise as he was, he nevertheless hired one servant to take the heavy work off of Marian's hands.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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