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sweat bullets

sweat bullets verb: to sweat profusely; especially, to be very nervous or anxious.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To sweat profusely; especially, to be very nervous or anxious.
    • He was sweating bullets about the exam all week.
    • Started sweating bullets when her dad asked, "How d'you really feel?"
      She said, "I've been feeling like something inside me wants to scream[…]"2021, Arlo Parks, “Hurt”

Synonyms of sweat bullets

Forms of sweat bullets

third-person singular presentsweats bullets
present participlesweating bullets
past participlesweated bullets
pastsweated bullets

Questions about sweat bullets

What does sweat bullets mean?
Sweat bullets means to sweat profusely; especially, to be very nervous or anxious.
What part of speech is sweat bullets?
Sweat bullets is a verb.
What is the past tense of sweat bullets?
The past tense of sweat bullets is sweated bullets.

Words near sweat bullets in the dictionary

  1. sweat blood
  2. sweat box
  3. sweat boxes
  4. sweat bricks
  5. sweat buckets
  6. sweat bullets
  7. sweat equities
  8. sweat equity
  9. sweat gland
  10. sweat glands
  11. sweat hole

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