burn off

Exercise calories away

Burn off means to remove something through burning or intense heat.

Morning fog burns off as the sun warms the air.

You burn off calories through exercise, consuming energy stored in the body.

In oil fields, excess gas is burned off through flaring.

I went for a run to burn off last night's dinner.

The phrase suggests elimination through transformation—whether literal combustion or metabolic conversion.

fog

mist

Fine airborne moisture

  • hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
  • dissipateGradually fade away
  • clearWithout obstruction or fog

lift · evaporate · morning · sunrise · visibility · disperse · thin · cloudiness · vapor · condensation

eliminate

incinerate

Burn to nothing

consume · dissipate · expel · purge · neutralize · volatilize · exhaust · vent · flare · combust

calorie

exercise

Activity for fitness

jogging · cycling · swimming · treadmill · aerobics · gym · sweat · running · fitness · endurance

clearing

stubble

Short regrown facial hair

firebreak · agriculture · field · chaff · grassland · pasture · debris · prescribed fire · land management · wildfire

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energy/calorie expenditure

burn offaccumulate

Gather gradually

store · gain · put on · pack on · retain

substance removal/dissipation

burn offaccumulate

Gather gradually

build up · deposit · gather · collect · retain

atmospheric/fog dissipation

burn offroll in

Arrive, often slowly

form · thicken · settle · gather · build up

Family

off, burn, burning, burnt, burned, burns, combustion, burnable, unburned

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