burn off
Example Sentences
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To burn off my energy, my parents had enrolled me in dance classes at age 4.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025
Muirburns are controlled fires set burn off old heather and other vegetation on grouse shooting estates.
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025
The gel can subsequently be heated to burn off the organic fragment.
From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2024
It was a way to burn off stress during that difficult period and, frankly, to fill the hours I’d otherwise be spending solo at home, on the heels of a breakup.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024
Sneaking it out bucket by bucket until he had enough to buy out his indenture and burn off his work tattoos.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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