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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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His work off the ball is very good, but will he adapt quickly to the potentially faster pace and more physical game of the Premier League?

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He is prepared to put in the work off the pitch.

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The family have been farming Scald End Farm, a mixed beef and sheep farm in north Bedfordshire, since the 1940s but they all now also have to work off farm to supplement their income.

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"We know each other and what we are about. That helps, but the ability to work off each other and do different roles like at six and seven, we are technically doing different things."

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She said this would begin by working with Oldham Council and up to four other pilot areas, with £5m being put up to "get work off the ground".

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work of art work on

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