weather out
B2 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To stay strong and get through something difficult until it ends.
Literal meaning: To stay outside or endure through bad weather — directly reflects the figurative meaning.
Meanings
1 B2 neutral
To endure a period of bad weather by staying in place until it passes.
"The sailors decided to anchor in the bay and weather out the storm."
Grammar: separable
2 B2
idiomatic
neutral
To endure a difficult or dangerous situation by persisting until it is over.
"The company managed to weather out the financial crisis without making any redundancies."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Similar in meaning to 'weather the storm' and 'ride out'. The metaphor compares surviving a crisis to enduring bad weather. Used in both literal (surviving a physical storm) and figurative (surviving a crisis) senses. More common in British English than American.
Commonly used with
storm crisis recession controversy scandal winter
Forms
Base
weather out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
weathers out
he/she/it
Past simple
weathered out
yesterday
Past participle
weathered out
have + pp
-ing form
weathering out
continuous
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