SWEAT OUT Definition & Meaning

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sweat out

verb

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

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

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