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works off

works off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of work off.

Meaning of 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.

Questions about works off

What is works off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Works off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of work off.

Words near works off in the dictionary

  1. works like a nailer
  2. works like a Trojan
  3. works of art
  4. works of fiction
  5. works of necessity
  6. works off
  7. works on
  8. works one's buns off
  9. works one's fingers to the bone
  10. works one's guts out
  11. works one's magic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: works off (page history and authors); work off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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