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work off

verb

to get rid of or dissipate, as by effort
he worked off some of his energy by digging the garden
to discharge (a debt) by labour rather than payment

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Idioms and Phrases

Get rid of by work or effort, as in They worked off that big dinner by running on the beach , or It'll take him months to work off that debt . [Second half of 1600s]

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Is it that back-and-forth what makes you two work off-screen as well?

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