sweat it out
— Phrasal Verb with sweat /swet/ verb [I]Definition
informal
› to wait nervously for an unpleasant situation to improve or end: I don't get my exam results till the end of June so I'll just have to sweat it out till then.
(Definition of sweat it out from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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