"work someone's ass off" meaning in English

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Verb

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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          "sense": "to work excessively",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
          "word": "tehdä töitä niska limassa"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
          "word": "tehdä töitä hiki hatussa"
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          "sense": "to work excessively",
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          "sense": "to work excessively",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣elze pexs idgams",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
          "word": "წელზე ფეხს იდგამს"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣els ic̣q̇veṭs",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
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          "roman": "tavs aḳlavs",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
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          "sense": "to work excessively",
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mou vgaínei o kólos",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
          "word": "μου βγαίνει ο κώλος"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
          "word": "agyondolgozza magát"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
          "word": "halálra dolgozza magát"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
          "word": "kipurcan, annyit dolgozik"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "to work excessively",
          "word": "beledöglik a sok munkába"
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          "sense": "to work excessively",
          "word": "farsi un culo così"
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          "alt": "みをこにしてはたらく",
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          "roman": "mi-o konishite hataraku",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
          "word": "身を粉にして働く"
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          "roman": "bashauma-no yō-ni hataraku",
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          "alt": "あくせくはたらく",
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          "roman": "akuseku hataraku",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
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          "roman": "akuseku hataraku",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
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          "alt": "いっしょうけんめいにはたらく",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "isshōkenmei-ni hataraku",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
          "word": "dar duro"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vkályvatʹ",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
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          "word": "вка́лывать"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nadryvátʹsja",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
          "word": "надрыва́ться"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "korpétʹ",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
          "word": "корпе́ть"
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          "alt": "also commonly distorted as: вья́бывать (vʹjábyvatʹ)",
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          "roman": "vʹjóbyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
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          "word": "вьёбывать"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
          "word": "trabajar duro"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to work excessively",
          "word": "jobba häcken av sig"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "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",
          "word": "laittaa raatamaan"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause (someone) to work excessively",
          "word": "den Arsch aufreißen"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cause (someone) to work excessively",
          "word": "halálra dolgoztat"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cause (someone) to work excessively",
          "word": "agyondolgoztat"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cause (someone) to work excessively",
          "word": "tirar o couro de"
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      "sense": "to work excessively",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "tehdä töitä niska limassa"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "tehdä töitä hiki hatussa"
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      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "წელზე ფეხს იდგამს"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "mou vgaínei o kólos",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "kipurcan, annyit dolgozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "beledöglik a sok munkába"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "farsi un culo così"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みをこにしてはたらく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mi-o konishite hataraku",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "身を粉にして働く"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ばしゃうまのようにはたらく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bashauma-no yō-ni hataraku",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "馬車馬のように働く"
    },
    {
      "alt": "がむしゃらにはたらく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gamushara-ni hataraku",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "がむしゃらに働く"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あくせくはたらく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "akuseku hataraku",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "齷齪働く"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "akuseku hataraku",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "あくせく働く"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いっしょうけんめいにはたらく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "isshōkenmei-ni hataraku",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "一生懸命に働く"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to work excessively",
      "word": "dar duro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vkályvatʹ",
      "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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