someone's arse off
someone's arse off adverb: with great effort, vigour or gusto, or to the point of excess.
Adverb
someone's arse off
- With great effort, vigour or gusto, or to the point of excess.
- I've been working my arse off all day for a measly few quid.
- What a gig! The band played their arses off.
- Used as a general negative intensifier: to an extreme degree.
- I remember how we were all sweating our arses off during that heatwave.
- I could be sitting on a beach somewhere rather than freezing my arse off in this dump.
- So as to rigorously exercise or exhaust someone.
- The boss has been working our arses off all week.
- He may be 50 years old, but he could still run your arse off.
Synonyms of someone's arse off
- someone's butt off
- someone's buns off
- someone's tits off
- someone's nuts off
- someone's balls off
- someone's bollocks off
- someone's dick off
- someone's tail off
Forms of someone's arse off
| alternative form | someone's ass off |
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Questions about someone's arse off
- What does someone's arse off mean?
- Someone's arse off means with great effort, vigour or gusto, or to the point of excess.
- What part of speech is someone's arse off?
- Someone's arse off is an adverb.
Words near someone's arse off in the dictionary
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