Burn off

"Burn off" in a Sentence (15 examples)

Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up

The weather by the beach can be considerably cooler—ten degrees or more— and usually starts with fog and haze that burn off by late morning.

Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up

When he tried to light the cigarette in his mouth, he discovered he was about to burn off the filter and a fair bit of his mouth.

Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up

Near-synonym: burn up

Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up

It's to encourage boys to burn off excess energy.

To get rid of just 0.5kg (1lb) of excess fat you must burn off around 3500 calories.

But you can burn off calories more ways than you know. Do you know you burn off a calorie by just standing still every two minutes?

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Near-synonym: burn through

We burn off speed. We have come around very fast. Must burn off more speed.

“I want to burn off some of the clock before going into the end zone.

Slick use of the resulting turnover ball gave Koroibete the space to burn off Daly, only the third try England have so far conceded in this tournament.

The other competitors were way behind, having been burned off at the starting line.

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