sweat out
verb
sweat out or sweated out; sweating out; sweats out
1
: to work one's way painfully through or to
2
: to endure or wait through the course of
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Examples of sweat out in a Sentence
I can sweat out one more year of this job—before I totally flip out.
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Hair accessories for the win Wearing athletic headbands during workouts can also help keep your edges from sweating out.
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Tira Urquhart, Essence, 20 June 2024
In February 2023, as roughly 110 million football fans sweated out the final quarter of Super Bowl LVII, TV sets across America simultaneously switched away from the big game.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 14 June 2024
O’Malley saw it as an appealing location to build a baseball stadium, worked a sweetheart deal with the city and sweated out a referendum on the June 3, 1958, ballot that narrowly passed.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
Decked out in Chiefs gear and the occasional Eras Tour T-shirt, fans sweated out the humid May night.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024
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Tira Urquhart, Essence, 20 June 2024
In February 2023, as roughly 110 million football fans sweated out the final quarter of Super Bowl LVII, TV sets across America simultaneously switched away from the big game.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 14 June 2024
O’Malley saw it as an appealing location to build a baseball stadium, worked a sweetheart deal with the city and sweated out a referendum on the June 3, 1958, ballot that narrowly passed.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
Decked out in Chiefs gear and the occasional Eras Tour T-shirt, fans sweated out the humid May night.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024
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“Sweat out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sweat%20out. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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