Health
burn something off
use energy through exercise
To burn off energy or calories is to use them through physical activity.
Hear it in real life
The children are getting restless.
Let them play outside and burn off some energy.
I went for a short run to burn off some energy after work.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The children need to burn out some energy.
Say: The children need to burn off some energy.
Use “burn off” for using energy through activity; “burn out” has a different meaning.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
burn off energy; burn off calories; burn something off
Your turn: say it out loud
I went for a short run to burn off some energy after work.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
burn something off
use energy through exercise
“I went for a short run to burn off some energy after work.”
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