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sweating off

sweating off is the present participle and gerund of sweat off.

Meaning of sweat off

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.

Questions about sweating off

What is sweating off the present participle and gerund of?
Sweating off is the present participle and gerund of sweat off.

Words near sweating off in the dictionary

  1. sweating like a hooker in church
  2. sweating like a horse
  3. sweating like a nigger
  4. sweating like a nigger on election day
  5. sweating like a whore in church
  6. sweating off
  7. sweating one's guts out
  8. sweating out
  9. sweating sickness
  10. sweating the small stuff
  11. sweatingly

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