burn off

Meaning

1. 1

   burn sth off

   to remove sth by burning

   Burn off the old paint before repainting the door.

2. 2

   burn sth off

   to use energy by doing exercise

   This workout helps you to burn off fat and tone muscles.

In the movies · 11

• Burn it off.The Selfish Giant2013
• You're using me to burn off half a pack of lifesavers or some shit.To the Bone2017
• Then I burned my tongue. It didn't, like, burn off completely,Leo2023
• You've burnt it! You've burned off the part with the lost city.The Mummy1999
• I'll burn your balls off!Deadpool 22018
• Burned 'em off, one by one.The House with a Clock in Its Walls2018
• and burned his hands off to erase the fingerprints!Knives Out2019
• - Yeah, but doesn't the alcohol just burn off? - PAUL: Mm.The Holdovers2023

Learn it in full scenes

• Knives Out2019
  • Police Question the Thrombeys
  • Blanc Introduces Himself to the Family
  • The Family Recounts Party Night

From the same entry

• burn your bridges
• burn the candle at both ends
• burn your fingers
• burn a hole in your pocket
• burn the midnight oil
• burn rubber
• burn to a cinder
• ears are burning
• feel your ears burning
• have money to burn
• burn away
• burn down