burn off

VERB
  1. use up (energy)
    burn off calories through vigorous exercise
  2. clear land of its vegetation by burning it off
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How To Use burn off In A Sentence

  • Get active - physical activity will help burn off stress chemicals such as adrenaline and cortisol, which interfere with our body clock. The Sun
  • burn off calories through vigorous exercise
  • Migrant workers set fires to burn off the wild plants so they can plant vegetables.
  • It was recommended to burn off fuel in the fuselage tank to 30 gallons before combat if possible.
  • He was swimming laps in the pool, trying to burn off his nervousness.
  • Of course, people put on weight when they consume more calories than they burn off.
  • The team indicated fidgeters burn off the calories, while couch potatoes can pile on the pounds.
  • Auburn offensive coordinator Rodney Allison said.
  • After the evaporation of the steaming vapour of spring has gone forward, and the farmer has operated in the way of ploughing and sowing, on whatever ready-prepared land he may have for the purpose, the first dry "spell" is looked forward to most anxiously to burn off the land which has been chopped during the winter – it is bad policy, however, to depend for the whole crop on this Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick, North America
  • Burn off the old paint, fill any cracks in the woodwork, and rub down well with sandpaper.
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