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Verb [English]

Forms: works someone's ass off [present, singular, third-person], working someone's ass off [participle, present], worked someone's ass off [participle, past], worked someone's ass off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} work someone's ass off (third-person singular simple present works someone's ass off, present participle working someone's ass off, simple past and past participle worked someone's ass off)
  1. (This entry is a translation hub.) (idiomatic, vulgar, slang) To work, or cause to work, excessively or to the point of exhaustion; see work + someone's ass off. Tags: US Synonyms: work someone's arse off [UK] Translations (to cause (someone) to work excessively): panna raatamaan (Finnish), laittaa raatamaan (Finnish), den Arsch aufreißen (German), halálra dolgoztat (Hungarian), agyondolgoztat (Hungarian), tirar o couro de (Portuguese) Translations (to work excessively): տքնել (tkʻnel) (Armenian), կաշվից դուրս գալ (kašvicʻ durs gal) (Armenian), ոռը ճղել (oṙə čġel) [vulgar] (Armenian), 拼命工作 (pīnmìng gōngzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 做牛做馬 (Chinese Mandarin), 做牛做马 (zuòniúzuòmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), zich uit de naad werken (Dutch), raataa (Finnish), tehdä töitä niska limassa (Finnish), tehdä töitä hiki hatussa (Finnish), travailler comme un dératé (French), travailler comme un forcené (French), წელზე ფეხს იდგამს (c̣elze pexs idgams) (Georgian), წელს იწყვეტს (c̣els ic̣q̇veṭs) (Georgian), თავს აკლავს (tavs aḳlavs) (Georgian), sich den Arsch aufreißen (German), μου βγαίνει ο κώλος (mou vgaínei o kólos) (Greek), agyondolgozza magát (Hungarian), halálra dolgozza magát (Hungarian), kipurcan, annyit dolgozik (Hungarian), beledöglik a sok munkába (Hungarian), farsi un culo così (Italian), 身を粉にして働く (mi-o konishite hataraku) (alt: みをこにしてはたらく) (Japanese), 馬車馬のように働く (bashauma-no yō-ni hataraku) (alt: ばしゃうまのようにはたらく) (Japanese), がむしゃらに働く (gamushara-ni hataraku) (alt: がむしゃらにはたらく) (Japanese), 齷齪働く (akuseku hataraku) (alt: あくせくはたらく) (Japanese), あくせく働く (akuseku hataraku) (Japanese), 一生懸命に働く (isshōkenmei-ni hataraku) (alt: いっしょうけんめいにはたらく) (Japanese), dar duro (Portuguese), вка́лывать (vkályvatʹ) [colloquial] (Russian), надрыва́ться (nadryvátʹsja) (Russian), корпе́ть (korpétʹ) (Russian), вьёбывать (vʹjóbyvatʹ) (alt: also commonly distorted as: вья́бывать (vʹjábyvatʹ)) [vulgar] (Russian), trabajar duro (Spanish), jobba häcken av sig (Swedish)

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          "roman": "akuseku hataraku",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
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          "sense": "to work excessively",
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          "sense": "to work excessively",
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          "sense": "to cause (someone) to work excessively",
          "word": "panna raatamaan"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cause (someone) to work excessively",
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          "sense": "to cause (someone) to work excessively",
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          "sense": "to cause (someone) to work excessively",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "to cause (someone) to work excessively",
          "word": "agyondolgoztat"
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      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "вка́лывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nadryvátʹsja",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "надрыва́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "korpétʹ",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "корпе́ть"
    },
    {
      "alt": "also commonly distorted as: вья́бывать (vʹjábyvatʹ)",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vʹjóbyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "вьёбывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "trabajar duro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "jobba häcken av sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause (someone) to work excessively",
      "word": "panna raatamaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cause (someone) to work excessively",
      "word": "laittaa raatamaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cause (someone) to work excessively",
      "word": "den Arsch aufreißen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause (someone) to work excessively",
      "word": "halálra dolgoztat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cause (someone) to work excessively",
      "word": "agyondolgoztat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cause (someone) to work excessively",
      "word": "tirar o couro de"
    }
  ],
  "word": "work someone's ass off"
}

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