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sweat it out

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Definition of sweat it out

informal
1 US : to work hard at (something)
  • She was sweating it out on the treadmill.
2 : to feel worried or nervous about something
  • We'll let them sweat it out for a while longer before we give them the test results.
3 : to wait nervously until the end of something
  • It was a close game, and the fans were really sweating it out at the end.

Word by Word Definitions

sweat play

  1. : to excrete moisture in visible quantities through the openings of the sweat glands : perspire

  2. : to labor or exert oneself so as to cause perspiration

  3. : to emit or exude moisture

  1. : hard work : drudgery

  2. : the fluid excreted from the sweat glands of the skin : perspiration

  3. : moisture issuing from or gathering in drops on a surface

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out play

  1. : in a direction away from the inside or center

  2. : outside

  3. : from among others

  1. : eject, oust

  2. : to identify publicly as being such secretly

  3. : to become publicly known

  1. used as a function word to indicate an outward movement

  1. : situated outside : external

  2. : out-of-bounds

  3. : situated at a distance : outlying

  1. : outside

  2. : one who is out of office or power or on the outside

  3. : an act or instance of putting a player out or of being put out in baseball

  1. : in a manner that exceeds or surpasses and sometimes overpowers or defeats

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