sweat out
[verb]
Synonyms: bear, abide, brook, endure, go, lump, stand, stomach, take, tolerate

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

sweat something ↔ out phrasal verb (see also sweat)

1. to wait anxiously for news that is very important to you:
Charles is sweating it out while the coach decides which players he’s taking to the Olympics.

2. American English to work very hard on something, especially something difficult:
kids sweating out a test

3. to do hard physical exercise:
They were sweating it out in the gym.

4. to get rid of an illness by making yourself sweat a lot

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

sweat out
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.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

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.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

sweat out
to wait anxiously for something, to worry about something
I spent the day sweating out whether or not I would get the job.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

sweat something out
to wait anxiously for something, to worry about something
I spent the day sweating out whether or not I would get the job.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

sweat out
v., informal To wait anxiously; worry while waiting.
Karl was sweating out the results of the college exams.
The search plane signaled that help was on the way. The men in the lifeboat just had to sweat it out.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲