Meanings
present singular third person works someone's butt off · participle present working someone's butt off · participle past worked someone's butt off · past worked someone's butt off
- CanadaUSslangvulgarSynonym of work someone's ass off.
Her son, Dominic, had been ranked third at the end of his junior year, but had “worked his butt off this year,” she said.
2021 June 11, Stephanie Saul, quoting Melissa Borgioli, “Two Black Students Won School Honors. Then Came the Calls for a Recount.”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: work someone's ass off
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of work someone's ass off.
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work someone's butt off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/work%20someone's%20butt%20off
“work someone's butt off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/work%20someone's%20butt%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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