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sweated the small stuff

sweated the small stuff is the simple past and past participle of sweat the small stuff.

Meaning of sweat the small stuff

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To worry about petty issues or insignificant matters.
    • The prefrontal cortex is the other character in those internal battles that go on in your life. [...] The higher being who wishes you’d stop sweating the small stuff.2017 April 20, Tim Urban, “Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future”, in Wait But Why, retrieved 21 Apr 2017

Questions about sweated the small stuff

What is sweated the small stuff the simple past and past participle of?
Sweated the small stuff is the simple past and past participle of sweat the small stuff.

Words near sweated the small stuff in the dictionary

  1. sweated like a pig
  2. sweated like a whore in church
  3. sweated off
  4. sweated one's guts out
  5. sweated out
  6. sweated the small stuff
  7. sweatedst
  8. sweatee
  9. sweatees
  10. sweaten
  11. sweater

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