sweat it out
informalDefinition
› to wait nervously for an unpleasant situation to end or improve: My exams finish next week, and then I'll be sweating it out for a month waiting for the results.Tolerating and enduringCoping and not copingDealing with things or people › to do hard physical exercise: I like to sweat it out in the gym for a couple of hours every day.Exercising and training
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Synonyms and related words:
- bear with sb phrasal verb
- bearable adjective
- bide verb
- come to terms with sth idiom
- endurance noun
- lump verb
- pecker noun (STAY HAPPY)
- philosophical adjective
- put up with sth/sb phrasal verb
- resign yourself to sth phrasal verb
- stand up to sth phrasal verb
- stew (in your own juice) idiom
- stick it out phrasal verb
- stomach verb
- tolerance noun (ABILITY TO DEAL WITH)
- tolerate verb (DEAL WITH)
- tough sth out phrasal verb
- wait sth out phrasal verb
- weather the storm idiom
- withstand verb
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Tolerating and enduring
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