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verb

/swet/

present tense
I/you/we/they	sweat
he/she/it	sweats
present participle	sweating
past tense	sweated
past participle	sweated

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1
[intransitive] to produce liquid on the surface of your skin when you are hot, nervous, or ill
She could feel the palms of her hands sweating.
sweat profusely (=sweat a lot):
The actors sweated profusely under the spotlights.
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2
[intransitive] informal to feel very nervous or worried
Don’t tell him straight away – let him sweat for a while.
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1. a.
  [transitive] mainly American informal to worry too much about something in particular
  There’s no need to sweat all the details.
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3
[intransitive] informal to work hard
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4
[intransitive/transitive] British to cook meat or vegetables slowly in their own juices
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phrases

don’t sweat it
mainly American spoken
used for telling someone not to worry about something
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sweat blood
informal
to work very hard to achieve something
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sweat it out
1. 1
  to wait for something that you are nervous or worried about to end
  You can’t change the situation – you’ll just have to sweat it out.
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2. 2
  to cure an illness by keeping your body warm so that you sweat
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sweat like a pig
very informal
to sweat a lot
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sweat off

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