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work socks off

work your socks off

  (informal)
to work very hard The lawyers that I know earn a lot of money but they work their socks off.
See go like clockwork, wear fingers to the bone, drive into the ground, slog guts out, build up a head of steam, perform miracles
See also: off, sock, work

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Abhijeet-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Aingeal-Irish
Erlingur-Icelandic
Giuseppejoo-ZEP-peItalian
Oral-English (Rare)
PyrrhusPIR-əs (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
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