"sweat off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sweats off [present, singular, third-person], sweating off [participle, present], sweated off [participle, past], sweated off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} sweat off (third-person singular simple present sweats off, present participle sweating off, simple past and past participle sweated off)
  1. (transitive, informal) To lose (weight) by sweating (from heavy exercise, sauna etc.). Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-sweat_off-en-verb-koKNKjhT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sweat off meaning in English (1.3kB)

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