work off
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Definition(s):
- (v) cause to go away through effort or work
Usage(s):
- The wave was just one of the ways the audience tried to work off its nervous energy.
- When the receipts came up short, the boys were forced to work off their shortages, which kept them in bondage for months at a time.
- He was allowed to work off his conditions as a classmate of quiet Calvin Coolidge in the Class of 1895.
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