work someone's ass off

English

Alternative forms

work someone's arse off

Verb

to work someone's ass off

(idiomatic, slang) To cause a person to work excessively or to the point of exhaustion.
He worked our asses off all week.

We worked our asses off for him all week.

Usage notes

The reflexive form is more common.

Synonyms

(to work excessively): work someone's butt off, work someone's tail off

Related terms

talk someone's ear off

Translations

to work excessively

Finnish: raataa (fi)
Georgian: წელზე ფეხს იდგამს (c̣elze pexs idgams), წელს იწყვეტს (c̣els ic̣q̇veṭs), თავს აკლავს (tavs aḳlavs)
Italian: sgobbare

Portuguese: tirar o couro de
Russian: вка́лывать (ru) impf (vkályvatʹ) (colloquial), горба́титься (ru) impf (gorbátitʹsja) (colloquial), въёбывать (ru) impf (vʺjóbyvatʹ) (vulgar), въя́бывать impf (vʺjábyvatʹ) (vulgar)

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