sweat out

English

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To sweat; to secrete sweat because of heat, nerves etc.
2. (transitive) To endure or go through (an ordeal).
   • 1952, Naval Aviation News, page 9:

     They developed a tremendous respect for the gravel crunchers after sweating out a few rounds of artillery and observing at painfully close range how rocky a Korean hill can be.

3. (transitive, slang) To accomplish or achieve, usually through endurance or effort.

   I'm going to sweat out fifty more push-ups more before I hit the rack.

See also

• ride out
• weather out

Anagrams

• outsweat