sweat out

verb

sweat out or sweated out; sweating out; sweats out

transitive verb

1

: to work one's way painfully through or to

2

: to endure or wait through the course of

Synonyms

• abide
• absorb
• accept
• bear
• bide [chiefly dialect]
• brook
• countenance
• endure
• go
• hack
• handle
• meet
• pocket
• stand
• stick out
• stomach
• support
• sustain
• take
• tolerate
• wear [British]

Examples of sweat out in a Sentence

I can sweat out one more year of this job—before I totally flip out.

Recent Examples on the Web

Women's headband: $14.95 Keep sweat out of your eyes during hot workouts. —Nora Colomer, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025

There’s also the chance to sweat out toxins in the infrared sauna or relax on a comfy hay bed. —Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025

Buzzer-beaters While the Aztecs were taking care of business, New Mexico was sweating out another Mountain West barn burner. —Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025

Each one is carefully formulated with the optimal amount of electrolytes to replace what your body sweats out and hydrate faster than water alone, along with vitamin C for a boost of support for your immune system. —Joni Sweet, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for sweat out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout

Kids Definition

sweat out

verb

: to suffer or wait through the course of

sweated out the afternoon waiting for the results