- sweat for something
- sweat for somethingFig. to work very hard for something. •
I sweat for every dollar I bring in.
•Ted really sweats for his salary.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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sweat out something — sweat out (something) to anxiously wait for something. I sent in my application and now I have to sweat out the two months until I get an answer. We really had to sweat it out because it wasn t clear until the end that we would actually win … New idioms dictionary
sweat out — (something) to anxiously wait for something. I sent in my application and now I have to sweat out the two months until I get an answer. We really had to sweat it out because it wasn t clear until the end that we would actually win … New idioms dictionary
sweat it out — (informal) To endure, live through a time of danger, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑sweat * * * informal endure an unpleasant experience, typically one involving physical exertion in great heat about 1,500 runners are expected to sweat it out in this… … Useful english dictionary
sweat — sweat1 [swet] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(liquid from skin)¦ 2¦(work)¦ 3¦(worry)¦ 4 don t sweat it 5 don t sweat the small stuff 6¦(produce liquid)¦ 7¦(cook)¦ Phrasal verbs sweat something<=>off sweat something<=>out ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ … Dictionary of contemporary English
sweat — sweat1 [ swet ] noun uncount * 1. ) liquid that forms on your skin when you are hot: She wiped the sweat off her forehead with a towel. Jeff s T shirt was soaked in sweat. 2. ) INFORMAL hard work: A lot of sweat went into making this project a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sweat out — transitive verb 1. : to endure, wait for, or wait through the course of (something beyond one s control) all they could do was to close their ranks, make the best speed they could, and sweat it out to the end Nicholas Monsarrat these officers ate … Useful english dictionary
sweat — [swet] noun [U] I liquid that forms on your skin when you are hot She wiped the sweat off her forehead with a towel.[/ex] • in a (cold) sweat very worried or nervous[/ex] no sweat spoken used for saying that you can easily do something[/ex] II… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
sweat */ — I UK [swet] / US noun [uncountable] 1) liquid that forms on your skin when you are hot She wiped the sweat off her forehead with a towel. Jeff s T shirt was soaked in sweat. 2) informal hard work A lot of sweat went into making this project a… … English dictionary
sweat it out — 1) to wait for something that you are nervous or worried about to end You can t change the situation – you ll just have to sweat it out. 2) to cure an illness by keeping your body warm so that you sweat … English dictionary
sweat — [swet] vi. sweat or sweated, sweating [ME sweten < OE swætan < swat, sweat, akin to Ger schweissen < IE base * sweid , to sweat > Gr hidros, L sudor, sweat] 1. to give forth a characteristic salty moisture through the pores of the… … English World dictionary
Sweat — Sweat, v. t. 1. To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics. [1913 Webster] 2. To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude. [1913 Webster] It made… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
