Work off Meaning in English

expression

US

ˈwɝk/ /ˈɔf

WURK-AWF

UK

wˈɜːk/ /ˈɒf

WURK-OF

التعريف

To get rid of extra energy, calories, stress, or emotions by doing some physical activity, exercise, or work.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Used informally to mean remove something unwanted—commonly calories, stress, anger—by activity. Frequent with 'calories', 'stress', 'anger'. Not used for regular job tasks; usually for excising something.

• Spanish: quemar (calorías) - liberarse de (estrés, enojo)
• Portuguese (BR): queimar (calorias) - aliviar (estresse, raiva)
• Portuguese (PT): queimar (calorias) - aliviar (stress, raiva)
• Chinese (Simplified): 消耗（卡路里）- 释放（压力、怒气）
• Chinese (Traditional): 消耗（卡路里）- 釋放（壓力、怒氣）
• Hindi: कैलोरी जलाना - तनाव या गुस्सा निकालना
• Arabic: يحرق (سعرات حرارية) - يتخلص من (التوتر، الغضب)
• Bengali: ঝেড়ে ফেলা - শরীরচর্চা করে মুক্তি পাওয়া
• Russian: сжечь - избавиться (через физическую активность)
• Japanese: 発散する - 解消する
• Vietnamese: giải tỏa - đốt cháy (qua hoạt động)
• Korean: 풀다 - 해소하다
• Turkish: atmak - geçirmek (fiziksel aktiviteyle)
• Urdu: دور کرنا - اُتار دینا (ورزش کے ذریعے)
• Indonesian: menghilangkan - membakar (melalui aktivitas fisik)

جمل نموذجية

She goes running to work off her stress.

basic

He swims every day to work off extra calories.

basic

They took a walk to work off their big lunch.

basic

I like to work off my anger by cleaning the house.

natural

You can work off jet lag with a quick walk outside.

natural

After a stressful day, I need to work off some tension at the gym.

natural