1 (v + adv) burn off calories, food, etc TRANSITIVEfaigh réidh le VP c m uídigh verb c m uhe worked off the calories in the poolfuair sé réidh leis na calraí sa linn snámha, d'ídigh sé na calraí sa linn snámha2 (v + adv) work to repay TRANSITIVEshe got a job to work off the debtfuair sí post d'fhonn na fiacha a ghlanadh3 (v + prep) remove gradually TRANSITIVEhe worked the top off the bottlebhain sé an claibín den bhuidéal le dua → see work