sweat out
B2 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To push something out of your body by sweating, or to get through a really nervous wait.
Literal meaning: To push something out (through sweat) or to persist through something in a sweaty, stressful way.
Meanings
1 B2 informal
To push a toxin, illness, or substance out of the body by sweating through physical exertion or heat.
"She spent the whole day under blankets, trying to sweat out her cold."
Grammar: separable
2 B2
idiomatic
informal
To endure the stress or anxiety of a difficult, tense period of waiting.
"The players had to sweat out the final ten minutes of the game with a one-goal lead."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Closely related to 'sweat it out' but takes an explicit object (e.g., 'sweat out a cold,' 'sweat out the last few minutes'). Common in sports and medical informal language.
Commonly used with
cold fever final minutes anxiety last rounds tension
Forms
Base
sweat out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
sweats out
he/she/it
Past simple
sweated out
yesterday
Past participle
sweated out
have + pp
-ing form
sweating out
continuous
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