"work someone's butt off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-work someone's butt off.ogg Forms: works someone's butt off [present, singular, third-person], working someone's butt off [participle, present], worked someone's butt off [participle, past], worked someone's butt off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} work someone's butt off (third-person singular simple present works someone's butt off, present participle working someone's butt off, simple past and past participle worked someone's butt off)
  1. (Canada, US, vulgar, slang) Synonym of work someone's ass off. Tags: Canada, US, slang, vulgar Synonyms: work someone's ass off [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-work_someone's_butt_off-en-verb-waOKgkal Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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