WORK OFF

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to go away through effort or work

Example:

we must work off the debt

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "work off" is one way to...):

get rid of; remove (dispose of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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