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Definition of work (one's) fingers to the bone

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Other terms relating to 'to accomplish, work hard':

Definitions include: good tasting.
Definitions include: a very good, trusted friend, often from childhood; "homie"; "boy".
Definitions include: to work hard.
Definitions include: an accomplishment that goes above and beyond what is expected; "a good job".
Definitions include: to relax, usually with other friends; "chill".
Definitions include: to focus; to perform hard, serious work.
Definitions include: to work hard.
Definitions include: to increase one's stature in life.
Definitions include: to yell at someone; "blow up".
Definitions include: to criticize; "get on (one's) case".
Definitions include: to do a lot of work or spend a lot of money for something or someone.
Definitions include: See nose to the grindstone.
Definitions include: to seek "paper" (i.e. money.)
Definitions include: to leave.
Definitions include: one's best effort.

Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'bone':

Definitions include: an extremely skinny person.
Definitions include: to eat food, to have a meal.
Definitions include: euphemism for overweight.
Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse.
Definitions include: screwed over or left out.
Definitions include: completely.
Definitions include: someone who is dense, thick in the head, or just plain stupid.
Definitions include: feces.
Definitions include: a cemetery.
Definitions include: to leave quickly due to fear.
Definitions include: having frequent sex.
Definitions include: of a marijuana smoking device, empty.
Definitions include: semen.
Definitions include: to review prior studies.
Definitions include: to review prior studies.

Other terms relating to 'finger':

Definitions include: clumsy.
Definitions include: a physical gesture one performs for good luck.
Definitions include: to accidentally press a button or key adjacent to the desired one, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number.
Definitions include: to look up someone on the internet.
Definitions include: to insert fingers into a person's vagina.
Definitions include: to stimulate the female genitals with one's fingers.
Definitions include: extremely tasty.
Definitions include: to express that one is literally or figuratively crossing their fingers in order to bring about good luck.
Definitions include: stolen, lifted, heisted, boosted, shoplifted.
Definitions include: a pretend occurrence during which stealing is permitted.
Definitions include: the middle finger of either hand.
Definitions include: to steal.
Definitions include: to raise only the middle finger in someone's direction.
Definitions include: to raise of the middle finger on a hand with the other fingers closed to the palm, towards a person.
Definitions include: to be a thief.

Other terms relating to 'the':

Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
Definitions include: interrogation.
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: information.
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: inclusive.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.

Other terms relating to 'to':

Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: See nine to five.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority.
Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio.
Definitions include: to revisit one's past.
Definitions include: to go back to the beginning.
Definitions include: extreme; "all out".
Definitions include: to be vastly superior.
Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else.
Definitions include: to be unintelligible.
Definitions include: to do.
Definitions include: more important things to deal with.
Definitions include: to kill or destroy.

Other terms relating to 'work':

Definitions include: menial work.
Definitions include: work (in a professional or educational setting) that is designed to keep a person busy, but to not permit that person to accomplish anything of note.
Definitions include: to take a dump.
Definitions include: acronym for "get back to work".
Definitions include: unofficial task done in the workplace.
Definitions include: profession.
Definitions include: acronym for "not safe for work".
Definitions include: acronym for "not work safe".
Definitions include: a difficult person.
Definitions include: acronym for "safe for work."
Definitions include: to introduce a complication.
Definitions include: to introduce a complication.
Definitions include: means something is hella good.
Definitions include: acronym for "work from home" or "working from home".
Definitions include: acronym for "works for me".

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