if you work off something such as a feeling or some of your weight, you get rid of it by doing something that involves a lot of physical activity
to pay someone what you owe them by doing a job for them instead of giving them money
"Give me some old ID so I have something to work off of," the chicken man said.
I knew I wouldn't get to sleep if I didn't work off some of my excess energy.
I needed to work off some of that Mediterranean Stew before I got in the pool.
Maybe Malcolm's an absolute dynamo - or does he work off all his dynamism roaring around the diocese?
She generally works off her anger by going for a run.
They were forced to work off their debts.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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