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sweating the small stuff

sweating the small stuff is the present participle and gerund 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 sweating the small stuff

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

Words near sweating the small stuff in the dictionary

  1. sweating like a whore in church
  2. sweating off
  3. sweating one's guts out
  4. sweating out
  5. sweating sickness
  6. sweating the small stuff
  7. sweatingly
  8. sweatings
  9. sweatish
  10. sweatless
  11. sweatlessness

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