sweat sth out

— Phrasal Verb with sweat

/swet/ verb

Definition

› informal to wait nervously for an unpleasant situation to end or improve: Longterm investors are used to sweating out economic downturns.

(Definition of sweat sth out from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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