fat camp
noun
a place where fat children go to try to become thinner and healthier, especially during the summer holidays
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noun
a place where fat children go to try to become thinner and healthier, especially during the summer holidays
to make a person or animal fatter
if someone fills out, their body becomes less thin
if someone piles on weight, or if it piles on, their weight increases suddenly and by a large amount
to become fatter
if you put on weight, you become fatter
to lose weight
if weight that you have lost from your body stays off, you do not become heavier again
to get rid of body weight by making yourself sweat
to become thinner by losing weight
to gradually become thinner and weaker over a period of time, usually because of an illness
if you work off something such as a feeling or some of your weight, you get rid of it by doing something that involves a lot of physical activity
to begin to get fat because you are doing less exercise
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using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related
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