sweat out

verb

1. to cure or lessen the effects of (a cold, respiratory infection, etc) by sweating
2. informal.
   to endure (hardships) for a time (often in the phrase sweat it out )
3. sweat one's guts out informal.
   sweat one's guts out to work extremely hard

Idioms and Phrases

Endure or await something anxiously, as in He sweated out that last final exam , or I don't know if I made the team—I'm still sweating it out . This idiom, often expanded to sweat it out , was first recorded in 1876.

Example Sentences

But the overhead sun, whose direct rays were fairly boiling the sweat out of him, harshly corrected this impression.

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They had put their shakoes aside and wrapped rags around their heads to keep the sweat out of their eyes.

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He set down the receiver, shook the sweat out of his eyes, and sank on to a stool.

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I can't even see one of these poetic creatures from a distance without breaking out into a cold sweat out of sheer anger.

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When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil incessantly.

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