work off

1. 1.

   cause to go away through effort or work

   “work off the extra pounds you have gained over the holidays”

   “we must work off the debt”

   Broaderget rid of

Questions about work off

What does work off mean?

work off means "cause to go away through effort or work".

Is work off a common word?

work off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.