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WORK OFF
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to go away through effort or work
Example:
we must work off the debt
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "work off" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something