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1work off — verb 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 • Hypernyms: ↑get rid of, ↑remove • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * work off [phrasal verb …
2work off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you work off energy, stress, or anger, you get rid of it by doing something that requires a lot of physical effort. [V P n (not pron)] Cleaning my kitchen really works off frustration if I ve had a row with someone... [V n P]… …
3off the books — Book Book (b[oo^]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[=o]c; akin to Goth. b[=o]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[=o]k, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[=o]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b[=o]c, b[=e]ce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and …
4work off — verb a) To lose (weight) by doing physical work. b) To end a debt by doing labor for the debt holder …
5The Ship Who Sang — (1961) is a short story by science fiction author Anne McCaffrey about the brainship Helva. The Ship Who Sang (1969) book is a collection of Helva short stories. Readers also use the phrase to refer to the entire Brain Brawn Ship series. Plot… …
6The Bad and the Beautiful — Infobox Film | name =The Bad and the Beautiful caption = Promotional movie poster for the film director = Vincente Minnelli producer = John Houseman writer =George Bradshaw (story Tribute to a Badman ) Charles Schnee starring =Lana Turner Kirk… …
7The Market for Liberty —   Cover of the hardback edition …
8The Music of Chance — infobox Book | name = The Music of Chance author = Paul Auster country = United States language = English genre = Mystery novel publisher = Viking Press release date = 1990 media type = Print (Hardcover) isbn = ISBN 0 670 83535 8 (Hardcover)… …
9work — /werrk/, n., adj., v., worked or (Archaic except for 35, 37, 40) wrought; working. n. 1. exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil. 2. something on which exertion or labor is expended; a task or undertaking: The… …
10The Tower Treasure — Infobox Book name = The Tower Treasure orig title = translator = author = Franklin W. Dixon cover artist = country = language = English series = The Hardy Boys subject = genre = Children s literature/Young adult literature publisher = Grosset… …
