sweats out

verb

present tense third-person singular of sweat out
as in stands
to put up with (something painful or difficult) I can sweat out one more year of this job—before I totally flip out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweats out
  1. stands
  2. handles
  3. tolerates
  4. accepts
  5. endures
  6. takes
  7. sticks out
  8. bears
Verb
  • To Antetokounmpo, Klay Thompson arguably stands closest on the current roster, with his overtime 3-pointer against the Clippers completing that escape act.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Residents can also recycle plastic and cardboard yard signs and metal stands at two events at the county campus.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of stands
Verb
  • Spaceium says its design handles higher pressures and greater docking misalignment than competing refueling interfaces.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The next two years will be defined by how his administration handles a muscular Democratic opposition.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of handles
Verb
  • This tough native tolerates drought and dry soil, but benefits from a layer of summer mulch to conserve soil moisture.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Ye-ji has a hunky hedge-fund-type husband, Sang-woo (Zo In-sung), who condescendingly tolerates, but doesn’t finance, his wife’s cinematic caprices.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of tolerates
Verb
  • When Lear disowns her, the King of France accepts Cordelia as his wife and takes her back to his homeland.
    — Langdon Hammer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • When Danny is assigned to create a holiday scrapbook for his mom, Michaela reluctantly accepts help from his free-spirited substitute teacher, Bryan (Morgan), whose creativity clashes with her need for preciseness and control.
    — Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of accepts
Verb
  • Or is that simply naivete borne of the American myth that our candidates’ attentiveness extends beyond the ballot box and endures long after Election Day?
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
  • With 210 guest rooms, including nine suites, and a towering two-story lobby, the family DNA for big and bold endures three generations later.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of endures
Verb
  • Researchers must again be able to plan work that takes years with reasonable confidence that commitments will be honored.
    — Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • TobenONE takes a slightly different approach to the whole design by building the whole system around the main stand.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of takes
Verb
  • However, there's one that always sticks out to me above all else.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The snowshoe hare’s white winter fur sticks out with less snow on the ground, leaving it more vulnerable to predators.
    — Connie Hanzhang Jin, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of sticks out
Verb
  • Bird feeders are an attractant to bears any time of day and year.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The country that trains a controller usually bears the full cost of that training, even if the controller later leaves, a spokesperson for the industry group CANSO told the news service.
    — Steven John, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of bears
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“Sweats out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweats%20out. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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