sweat it out
To endure or await something that makes one feel nervous, anxious, or distressed. They said they would call me today to let me know if I got the job, so I've been sweating it out since I woke up.
sweat out
1. To expel a harmful substance through one's sweat. A noun or pronoun can be used between "sweat" and "out." I'm trying to sweat the alcohol from last night out by going for a run this morning. You should spend some time in the sauna. It's a great way to sweat out toxins.
2. To endure or await something that makes one feel nervous, anxious, or distressed. A noun or pronoun (often "it") can be used between "sweat" and "out." They said they would call me today to let me know if I got the job, so I've been sweating it out since I woke up. I sweated out the police's interrogation without saying a word.
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sweat something out
1. Lit. to get rid of something in one's body by sweating. I have a bit of a cold, and I am going to try to sweat it out. I took a steamy shower, trying to sweat out my cold.
2. Fig. to endure something unpleasant. It was an ordeal, but I sweated it out. I managed to sweat out the exam.
3. Fig. to endure suspense about something. She sweated the two-hour wait out until she heard the results of her bar exams. Karen sweated out the long wait peacefully.
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sweat out
Endure or await something anxiously, as in He sweated out that last final exam, or I don't know if I made the team-I'm still sweating it out. This idiom, often expanded to sweat it out, was first recorded in 1876.
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sweat it out
1 endure an unpleasant experience, typically one involving extreme physical exertion in great heat. 2 wait in a state of extreme anxiety for something to happen or be resolved. informalFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
sweat it ˈout
(informal) suffer an unpleasant situation; wait for something unpleasant to end: I hate this job, but I’m going to sweat it out and hope something better comes along. ♢ After the competition we just had to sit there and sweat it out until the result was announced.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
sweat out
v. Slang 1. To endure something anxiously: I sweated out a three-hour history exam. We sweated the week out, wondering if the police would find us.
2. To await something anxiously: I've been sweating out my final grades all week. The patient was sweating the test results out in the waiting room.
3. To purge the body of some liquid by sweating: I just sweated all the water out that I drank today. They are in the sauna trying to sweat out the booze.
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sweat something out
tv. to wait out something; to fret and worry until the end of something. You’ll just have to sweat it out. There’s no way to hurry it up.
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