sweat off

verb

To lose (weight) by sweating (from heavy exercise, sauna etc.).

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Meanings

verbsweat off (third-person singular simple present sweats off, present participle sweating off, simple past and past participle sweated off)

present singular third person sweats off · participle present sweating off · participle past sweated off · past sweated off

  1. informaltransitiveTo lose (weight) by sweating (from heavy exercise, sauna etc.).

    4 October 2010, Express, REBECCA ADLINGTON TAKES THE BUS LANE TO BRONZE The shocked Aussie fighters started to sweat off the excess pounds, but competition manager Lenni Gama denied any problem with the scales.

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APA

sweat off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweat%20off

MLA

“sweat off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweat%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweat off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweat%20off.

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