work off

Verb

work off (third-person singular simple present works off, present participle working off, simple past and past participle worked off)

1. (transitive) To lose (weight) by doing physical work; to burn off the calories gained from eating something.
   • We need to get moving to work off these donuts.
2. (broadly, transitive) To end (a debt) by doing labor for the person owed money.
   • After thirteen years, I've worked off my student debt.
3. (archaic, transitive) To produce (printed matter etc.) by some process of work.
   • Pale Colour. When the sheets are worked off with too little ink.1774, Philip Luckombe, A Concise History of Printing, page 158
4. (colloquial) To ferment.