"work one's buns off" meaning in English

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      "form": "works one's buns off",
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    {
      "form": "working one's buns off",
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    {
      "form": "worked one's buns off",
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      "form": "worked one's buns off",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "work one's butt off"
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          "ref": "2001, June Marshall, The Dirty Seven: Ladies Beware!:",
          "text": "I worked my little buns off making my special souffle for you!\" She said,",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Sheba McBride-Harris, Between Two Storms, page 168:",
          "text": "The poor girl has been working her buns off at the catering business and the most we've done so far is cuddle on the couch.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Barbara Waxman, Bob Mendelson, How to Love Your Retirement: Advice from Hundreds of Retirees:",
          "text": "She and her husband had just retired, and I'm thinking, “Why am I still working my buns off?”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, J L Daniels, Mirror Opposites, page 345:",
          "text": "You know while I was here working my buns off he was out somewhere playing the hot-shot.",
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        }
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        "Alternative form of work one's butt off"
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  "word": "work one's buns off"
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    {
      "form": "works one's buns off",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "working one's buns off",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "worked one's buns off",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
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        {
          "ref": "2001, June Marshall, The Dirty Seven: Ladies Beware!:",
          "text": "I worked my little buns off making my special souffle for you!\" She said,",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Sheba McBride-Harris, Between Two Storms, page 168:",
          "text": "The poor girl has been working her buns off at the catering business and the most we've done so far is cuddle on the couch.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Barbara Waxman, Bob Mendelson, How to Love Your Retirement: Advice from Hundreds of Retirees:",
          "text": "She and her husband had just retired, and I'm thinking, “Why am I still working my buns off?”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, J L Daniels, Mirror Opposites, page 345:",
          "text": "You know while I was here working my buns off he was out somewhere playing the hot-shot.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of work one's butt off"
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