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sweats the small stuff

sweats the small stuff is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 sweats the small stuff

What is sweats the small stuff the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sweats the small stuff is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sweat the small stuff.

Words near sweats the small stuff in the dictionary

  1. sweats like a pig
  2. sweats like a whore in church
  3. sweats off
  4. sweats one's guts out
  5. sweats out
  6. sweats the small stuff
  7. sweatshirt
  8. sweatshirted
  9. sweatshirting
  10. sweatshirts
  11. sweatshirty

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