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work one's buns off en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of work one's butt off.
    • You know while I was here working my buns off he was out somewhere playing the hot-shot. 2014, J L Daniels, Mirror Opposites, page 345:
    • She and her husband had just retired, and I'm thinking, “Why am I still working my buns off?” 2009, Barbara Waxman, Bob Mendelson, How to Love Your Retirement: Advice from Hundreds of Retirees:
    • The poor girl has been working her buns off at the catering business and the most we've done so far is cuddle on the couch. 2008, Sheba McBride-Harris, Between Two Storms, page 168:
    • I worked my little buns off making my special souffle for you!" She said, 2001, June Marshall, The Dirty Seven: Ladies Beware!:

Forms

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working one's buns off Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
worked one's buns off Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
worked one's buns off Tense=Past lexicographic
works one's buns off Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic