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sweat blood

sweat blood verb: to work very hard.

Verb

sweat blood (third-person singular simple present sweats blood, present participle sweating blood, simple past and past participle sweated blood or sweat blood)

  1. (informal) To work very hard.
  2. (informal) To be extremely anxious.
    Synonyms:
    sweat bullets

Synonyms of sweat blood

Forms of sweat blood

third-person singular presentsweats blood
present participlesweating blood
past participlesweated blood
pastsweated blood
past participlesweat blood
pastsweat blood

Questions about sweat blood

What does sweat blood mean?
Sweat blood means to work very hard.
What part of speech is sweat blood?
Sweat blood is a verb.
What is the past tense of sweat blood?
The past tense of sweat blood is sweated blood.

Words near sweat blood in the dictionary

  1. sweat baths
  2. sweat batten
  3. sweat battens
  4. sweat bee
  5. sweat bees
  6. sweat blood
  7. sweat box
  8. sweat boxes
  9. sweat bricks
  10. sweat buckets
  11. sweat bullets

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