sweat it out

verb

To do hard physical exercise or work, and sweat as a result.

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Meanings

verbsweat it out (third-person singular simple present sweats it out, present participle sweating it out, simple past and past participle sweated it out or sweat it out)

present singular third person sweats it out · participle present sweating it out · participle past sweated it out · past sweated it out

  1. colloquialTo do hard physical exercise or work, and sweat as a result.

    In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream At night we ride through the mansions of glory in suicide machines

    1975, Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run
  2. colloquialTo wait or endure anxiously.
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APA

sweat it out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweat%20it%20out

MLA

“sweat it out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweat%20it%20out. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweat it out,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweat%20it%20out.

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