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sweat it out

sweat it out verb: to do hard physical exercise or work, and sweat as a result.

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial) To do hard physical exercise or work, and sweat as a result.
    • In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream
      At night we ride through the mansions of glory in suicide machines1975, Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run
  2. (colloquial) To wait or endure anxiously.

Forms of sweat it out

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

Questions about sweat it out

What does sweat it out mean?
Sweat it out means to do hard physical exercise or work, and sweat as a result.
What part of speech is sweat it out?
Sweat it out is a verb.
What is the past tense of sweat it out?
The past tense of sweat it out is sweated it out.

Words near sweat it out in the dictionary

  1. sweat equity
  2. sweat gland
  3. sweat glands
  4. sweat hole
  5. sweat holes
  6. sweat it out
  7. sweat like a hooker in church
  8. sweat like a horse
  9. sweat like a nigger
  10. sweat like a nigger on election day
  11. sweat like a pig

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