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 — 1 verb 1 LIQUID FROM SKIN (I) to have liquid coming out through your skin, especially because you are hot or frightened: I was sweating after the long climb. | sweat heavily/profusely (=sweat a lot) | sweat like a pig informal (=sweat a lot) |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sweat — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ light ▪ clammy ▪ My shirt stuck to the clammy sweat on my back. ▪ cold … Collocations 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 your guts out — work/slog/sweat/your guts out phrase to work extremely hard I worked my guts out getting my degree. Thesaurus: to work hardsynonym Main entry: guts * … Useful english dictionary
don't sweat it — don’t sweat it mainly american spoken phrase used for telling someone not to worry about something Thesaurus: ways of telling someone not to worry or be upsetsynonym Main entry: sweat * * * used to urge someone not to worry * * * don t ˈsweat it … Useful english dictionary
work your guts out — work/slog/sweat/your guts out phrase to work extremely hard I worked my guts out getting my degree. Thesaurus: to work hardsynonym Main entry: guts * … Useful english dictionary
slog your guts out — work/slog/sweat/your guts out phrase to work extremely hard I worked my guts out getting my degree. Thesaurus: to work hardsynonym Main entry: guts * … Useful english dictionary
break out in something — ˌbreak ˈout in sth derived to suddenly become covered in sth • Her face broke out in a rash. • He broke out in a cold sweat (= for example, through fear). Main entry: ↑breakderived … Useful english dictionary
work — work1 W1S1 [wə:k US wə:rk] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(do a job for money)¦ 2¦(do your job)¦ 3¦(help)¦ 4¦(do an activity)¦ 5¦(try to achieve something)¦ 6¦(machine/equipment)¦ 7¦(be effective/successful)¦ 8¦(have an effect)¦ 9¦(art/style/literature)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English