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sweat out
verb
sweat out or sweated out; sweating out; sweats out
1
: to work one's way painfully through or to
2
: to endure or wait through the course of
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Examples of sweat out in a Sentence
I can sweat out one more year of this job—before I totally flip out.
Recent Examples on the Web
There’s also the chance to sweat out toxins in the infrared sauna or relax on a comfy hay bed.
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Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Buzzer-beaters While the Aztecs were taking care of business, New Mexico was sweating out another Mountain West barn burner.
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Each one is carefully formulated with the optimal amount of electrolytes to replace what your body sweats out and hydrate faster than water alone, along with vitamin C for a boost of support for your immune system.
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Joni Sweet, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Those points could prove crucial come Tuesday, when the idle Celtics will need to sweat out the final round of group-play matchups to learn whether their plus-23 point differential was enough to push them through to the NBA Cup knockout rounds.
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 30 Nov. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Sweat out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweat%20out. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
sweat out
verb
: to suffer or wait through the course of
sweated out the afternoon waiting for the results
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