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sweat off

sweat off verb: to lose (weight) by sweating (from heavy exercise, sauna etc.).

Verb

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To lose (weight) by sweating (from heavy exercise, sauna etc.).
    • 4 October 2010, Express, REBECCA ADLINGTON TAKES THE BUS LANE TO BRONZE
      The shocked Aussie fighters started to sweat off the excess pounds, but competition manager Lenni Gama denied any problem with the scales.

Forms of sweat off

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

Questions about sweat off

What does sweat off mean?
Sweat off means to lose (weight) by sweating (from heavy exercise, sauna etc.).
What part of speech is sweat off?
Sweat off is a verb.
What is the past tense of sweat off?
The past tense of sweat off is sweated off.

Words near sweat off in the dictionary

  1. sweat like a whore in church
  2. sweat lodge
  3. sweat lodges
  4. sweat of one's brow
  5. sweat of the brow
  6. sweat off
  7. sweat one's guts out
  8. sweat out
  9. sweat pants
  10. sweat pore
  11. sweat pores

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