work someone's ass off

English

Alternative forms

• work someone's arse off

Verb

to work someone's ass off

1. (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
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• 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)