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work something off

1. Lit. to get rid of anger, anxiety, or energy by doing physical activity. I was so mad! I went out and played basketball to work my anger off. He works off nervousness by knitting.

2. . Fig. to pay off a debt through work rather than by money. I had no money so I had to work the bill off by washing dishes. I have to work off my debt.

See also: work

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Although you are enduring pain and insult, although you, little nestling, are in agony of spirit, you actually tell me that it grieves you to disturb me, and that you will work off your debt to me with the labour of your own hands Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context So short a period of sleep then intervened before early morning rising that my system did not have time to work off the alcohol. John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context Just as she needed to work off her spleen so she had sometimes to exercise her still-existing faculty of thinking- and the pretext for that was a game of patience. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context			words to live by work work a treat work against work against the clock work among work around work around to work arse off work as work at work away work both ways work down work fingers to the bone work for work hand in glove with work into work itself out work like a beaver work like a charm work like a dog work like magic work magic work of art work off work on work oneself into a lather work oneself up work oneself up into work out work out for the best work out of work over work socks off work some fat off work tail off work the problem work things out work through work through channels work to work together work toward work under work up work up a sweat work up into work up to work way along work with			Work Management System Work Measurement Work Measurement Work Measurement work metabolism Work migrant Work migrant Work migrant work miracles Work My Ass Off Work Needed and Prospective Packages Work Negotiation Meeting Work Not Welfare work of adhesion work of art work of art work of art work of art Work of Breathing Work of Breathing Work of Breathing Patient Work of Breathing per Liter Work of Engineering Construction Work of Fracture Work of Literary Merit Work of Nasal Breathing Work of Shock Absorbers Work of Shock Absorbers Work of the Chariot Trust work of worrying work off Work office Work office Work office Work office work on work on work on work on work on work on Work on Hold Work on Line Work on Weekends work oneself into a lather work oneself into a sweat work oneself up work oneself up into Work Only When Needed Work Opportunities for Women in the Information Society Work Opportunity Credit Work Opportunity Credits Work Opportunity Program Work Opportunity Tax Credit Work order Work order Work order Work order Work Order & Work Accomplishment Record Work Order Age Work Order and Flow Chart

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