work off
Example Sentences
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What to Do: Rent a pontoon boat on Lake Wallenpaupack, then work off the camp-candy crash with a hike through Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Sanchez added in Cyprus that "we don't work on the basis of emails, we work off official documents and the position that the United States government has set out in this case".
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
She scored in the Euro 2025 final and found her groove for her club, playing a crucial role throughout the season in front of goal and with her work off the ball.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025
New Mexico became the first state to ban lunch shaming in 2017, and others followed with laws against tactics like throwing away food, stamping students’ hands or making them work off debt with “chores.”
From Salon • Sep. 11, 2025
“With him, you’ll work off your debt even faster.”
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
