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work someone's butt off en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) Synonym of work someone's ass off.
    • Her son, Dominic, had been ranked third at the end of his junior year, but had “worked his butt off this year,” she said. 2021 June 11, Stephanie Saul, quoting Melissa Borgioli, “Two Black Students Won School Honors. Then Came the Calls for a Recount.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
worked someone's butt off Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
worked someone's butt off Tense=Past lexicographic
working someone's butt off Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
works someone's butt off Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

work someone's ass off