Antonyms for sweat out


Grammar : Verb
Spell : swet
Phonetic Transcription : swɛt


Definition of sweat out

Origin :
  • Old English swætan "perspire, work hard," from the source of sweat (n.). Meaning "to be worried, vexed" is recorded from c.1400. Related: Sweated; sweating. Colloquial no sweat "no problem" attested from 1963.
  • As in interrogate : verb ask pointed questions
  • As in await : verb wait with expectation
  • As in stay : verb wait
  • As in support : verb endure
  • As in worry : verb be or make anxious, troubled
  • As in brood : verb agonize over
  • As in cure : verb heal, ease bad situation
  • As in fret : verb worry, be annoyed
  • As in hope : verb long for, dream about
Example sentences :
  • Such exertion, in the stagnant heat, brought the sweat out on all of them.
  • Extract from : « A Son Of The Sun » by Jack London
  • It comes from some wash above, or it may sweat out of the rock itself.
  • Extract from : « The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon » by Wyn Roosevelt
  • Just short of the top Bill halted, and wiped the sweat out of his eyes.
  • Extract from : « North of Fifty-Three » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • He set down the receiver, shook the sweat out of his eyes, and sank on to a stool.
  • Extract from : « Berry And Co. » by Dornford Yates
  • Blaney dropped limply into a gaudy rocking-chair and with a dirty handkerchief mopped the sweat out of his eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Short Line War » by Samuel Merwin
  • Laboriously enough I dragged it in, halting often to pant and wipe the sweat out of my eyes with my forearm.
  • Extract from : « The Portal of Dreams » by Charles Neville Buck
  • Come, let us go out and fence a bit in the garden, and sweat out too much Madeira.
  • Extract from : « The Red City » by S. Weir Mitchell
  • It was not all fun for the drilled, for the driller seemed determined to get the last drop of sweat out of them.
  • Extract from : « Diary of an Enlisted Man » by Lawrence Van Alstyne
  • Shaking the sweat out of his eyes, Conan stared blankly at the familiar terrain.
  • Extract from : « A Witch Shall Be Born » by Robert E. Howard
  • The men soberly fixed their horse-lines, and rolled over to sweat out the trials of the heat until sundown.
  • Extract from : « On the Heels of De Wet » by The Intelligence Officer

Synonyms for sweat out

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