sweat

/swet/ verb [I]

Translation

› to produce liquid through your skin because you are hot or nervous

terlemek

I'd been running and I was sweating.559

sweat noun [U] ›

ter

The sweat was running down his face. sweat it out phrasal verb informal

› to wait nervously for an unpleasant situation to improve or end

endişeyle beklemek

I don't get my exam results till the end of June so I'll just have to sweat it out till then.930

sweat over sth phrasal verb

› to work hard at something

canla başla çalışmak, ter dökmek, çok çalışmak

She's been sweating over the preparations for the party all weekend.1357

(Definition of sweat verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...

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