"work one's buns off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: works one's buns off [present, singular, third-person], working one's buns off [participle, present], worked one's buns off [participle, past], worked one's buns off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} work one's buns off (third-person singular simple present works one's buns off, present participle working one's buns off, simple past and past participle worked one's buns off)
  1. Alternative form of work one's butt off Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: work one's butt off
    Sense id: en-work_one's_buns_off-en-verb-Uzyy-IWi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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