"work off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: works off [present, singular, third-person], working off [participle, present], worked off [participle, past], worked off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} work off (third-person singular simple present works off, present participle working off, simple past and past participle worked off)
  1. (transitive) To lose (weight) by doing physical work; to burn off the calories gained from eating something. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-work_off-en-verb-h0OEAngk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 6 51 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 42 9 48
  2. (transitive, by extension) To end (a debt) by doing labor for the person owed money. Tags: broadly, transitive
    Sense id: en-work_off-en-verb-FT8WChv-
  3. (transitive, archaic) To produce (printed matter etc.) by some process of work. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-work_off-en-verb-0yDIilM1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 6 51 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 42 9 48

Inflected forms

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