Meaning of someone's arse off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. With great effort, vigour or gusto, or to the point of excess.
   UK, adverbial, phrase, reflexive, vulgar
2. Used as a general negative intensifier: to an extreme degree.
   UK, adverbial, phrase, reflexive, vulgar
3. So as to rigorously exercise or exhaust someone.
   UK, adverbial, phrase, vulgar

Examples

“I've been working my arse off all day for a measly few quid.”

“What a gig! The band played their arses off.”

“We partied our arses off all night long.”

“I didn't notice⟳ – I was too busy laughing my arse off!”

“I remember⟳ how we were all sweating our arses off during that heatwave.”

“I could be sitting on a beach somewhere rather than freezing my arse off in this dump⟳.”

“The boss has been working our arses off all week.”

“He may be 50 years old, but he could still run⟳ your arse off.”

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