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one's socks off

one's socks off phrase: with a large amount of effort or intensity.

Phrase

one's socks off

  1. (idiomatic) With a large amount of effort or intensity.
    • I've been working my socks off all week for no reward whatsoever.
    • We had a great time at the ball. We danced our socks off.

Questions about one's socks off

What does one's socks off mean?
One's socks off means with a large amount of effort or intensity.
What part of speech is one's socks off?
One's socks off is a phrase.

Words near one's socks off in the dictionary

  1. one's own master
  2. one's place
  3. one's race is run
  4. one's self
  5. one's ship comes in
  6. one's socks off
  7. one's stomach thinks one's throat has been cut
  8. one's teeth water
  9. one's time is one's own
  10. one's turn in the barrel
  11. one's way

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