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View synonyms for sweat out

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.
    to work extremely hard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.
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Example Sentences

Crawford grand slam — the Mariners returned to form Sunday to sweat out another low-scoring slog.

The girls tumbled into Dr. Bearden's Channellors Chamber covered in sweat, out of breath, and embarrassed.

His ancestors first applied it to “sweat” out the pine’s lucrative sap distilled into turpentine or exported as sealants.

I walk to the gym so I can pump iron and sweat out the toxins of modern life.

On the other hand, overtime would have given Dylan Hernández more time to sweat out his column topic.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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