sweat off
verb
sweat off or sweated off; sweating off; sweats off
: to lose (an amount of weight) by sweating (especially by exercising a lot)
He's trying to sweat off a few more pounds.
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Khan’s job involves rebounding and wiping sweat off the court.
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Ryan Brennan
march 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026
Coordinated looks on, and tired sweats off.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
Staffers crouched with towels on the baseline spent an undue portion of the night sprinting to various corners of the United Center court, mopping up sweat off the hardwood after players from both teams had tumbled and tripped and sprawled onto the floor.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Derek Houghton, 51, from Arkansas, wiped sweat off his brow as the temperature pushed into the mid-90s before grand prix qualifying, which Max Verstappen would go on to top.
—Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
At Fashion East’s Mayhew show, makeup was sweated off.
—Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
Landers turned over, and Vähäsarja wiped sweat off himself with a towel.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Brennan
march 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026
Coordinated looks on, and tired sweats off.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
Staffers crouched with towels on the baseline spent an undue portion of the night sprinting to various corners of the United Center court, mopping up sweat off the hardwood after players from both teams had tumbled and tripped and sprawled onto the floor.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Derek Houghton, 51, from Arkansas, wiped sweat off his brow as the temperature pushed into the mid-90s before grand prix qualifying, which Max Verstappen would go on to top.
—Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
At Fashion East’s Mayhew show, makeup was sweated off.
—Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
Landers turned over, and Vähäsarja wiped sweat off himself with a towel.
—Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Sweat off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweat%20off. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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