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work off

verb as in get rid of by work or effort

verb as in pay back by working

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I appreciate that stat because when I started out in management a million years ago, I worked off the basis that a clean sheet was worth twice as much as scoring a goal.

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"I was also working off my mother-in-law's dining table for about nine months," recalled Mr Root, whose head office is now in Bristol.

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Before the vote, one source told me about the concept of a good defeat - something the party could work off.

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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.

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She scored in the final of the Euros 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.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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