"sweat out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sweats out [present, singular, third-person], sweating out [participle, present], sweated out [participle, past], sweated out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} sweat out (third-person singular simple present sweats out, present participle sweating out, simple past and past participle sweated out)
  1. (intransitive) To sweat; to secrete sweat because of heat, nerves etc. Tags: intransitive Related terms: ride out, weather out
    Sense id: en-sweat_out-en-verb-4SY40f3T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 17 31 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 60 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 25 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 16 14
  2. (transitive) To endure or go through (an ordeal). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-sweat_out-en-verb-8qb0-oaq
  3. (transitive, slang) To accomplish or achieve, usually through endurance or effort. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-sweat_out-en-verb-Uc2EBmal

Inflected forms

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        "To sweat; to secrete sweat because of heat, nerves etc."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To sweat; to secrete sweat because of heat, nerves etc."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "ref": "1952, Naval Aviation News, page 9:",
          "text": "They developed a tremendous respect for the gravel crunchers after sweating out a few rounds of artillery and observing at painfully close range how rocky a Korean hill can be.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984 December 15, John Kyper, “Remembering David Stryker”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 5:",
          "text": "Evidently he placed himself at some risk to help us, I learned later, because he was threatened with dismissal for his unauthorized use of the typesetter. Not long thereafter he set up his own business, Xanadu Graphics, where he could work for us without having to sweat out any repercussions.",
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        "To endure or go through (an ordeal)."
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        "(transitive) To endure or go through (an ordeal)."
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I'm going to sweat out fifty more push-ups more before I hit the rack.",
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        "To accomplish or achieve, usually through endurance or effort."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To accomplish or achieve, usually through endurance or effort."
      ],
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    {
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    {
      "form": "sweated out",
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      "form": "sweated out",
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      ],
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        "(intransitive) To sweat; to secrete sweat because of heat, nerves etc."
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984 December 15, John Kyper, “Remembering David Stryker”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 5:",
          "text": "Evidently he placed himself at some risk to help us, I learned later, because he was threatened with dismissal for his unauthorized use of the typesetter. Not long thereafter he set up his own business, Xanadu Graphics, where he could work for us without having to sweat out any repercussions.",
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        "(transitive) To endure or go through (an ordeal)."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To accomplish or achieve, usually through endurance or effort."
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