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sweat out

verb

  1. to cure or lessen the effects of (a cold, respiratory infection, etc) by sweating

  2. informalto endure (hardships) for a time (often in the phrase sweat it out )

  3. informalto 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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We want every summer to be significant, to be the time we sweat out the rest of the year’s uncertainty and experience so much life that we can take it with us when the season’s over.

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You’ll understand preaching efficiency is a smokescreen for squeezing more blood and sweat out of working people.

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

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

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

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