to sweat profusely

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• sweat like a pig — very informal phrase to sweat a lot Thesaurus: sweating and sweathyponym Main entry: sweat * * * informal sweat profusely …   Useful english dictionary

• sweat buckets — british informal phrase to sweat a lot Thesaurus: sweating and sweathyponym Main entry: bucket * * * informal sweat profusely …   Useful english dictionary

• sweat — sweat1 [ swet ] noun uncount * 1. ) liquid that forms on your skin when you are hot: She wiped the sweat off her forehead with a towel. Jeff s T shirt was soaked in sweat. 2. ) INFORMAL hard work: A lot of sweat went into making this project a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• sweat */ — I UK [swet] / US noun [uncountable] 1) liquid that forms on your skin when you are hot She wiped the sweat off her forehead with a towel. Jeff s T shirt was soaked in sweat. 2) informal hard work A lot of sweat went into making this project a… …   English dictionary

• sweat — sweatless, adj. /swet/, v., sweat or sweated, sweating, n., adj. v.i. 1. to perspire, esp. freely or profusely. 2. to exude moisture, as green plants piled in a heap or cheese. 3. to gather moisture from the surrounding air by condensation. 4.… …   Universalium

• sweat like a pig — verb To sweat profusely, to be perspiring lots of sweat …   Wiktionary

• sweat bullets — verb To sweat profusely; especially, to be very nervous or anxious. He was sweating bullets about the exam all week. Syn: shit bricks, sweat blood …   Wiktionary

• sweat — sweat1 [swet] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(liquid from skin)¦ 2¦(work)¦ 3¦(worry)¦ 4 don t sweat it 5 don t sweat the small stuff 6¦(produce liquid)¦ 7¦(cook)¦ Phrasal verbs 　sweat something<=>off 　sweat something<=>out ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sweat — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ light ▪ clammy ▪ My shirt stuck to the clammy sweat on my back. ▪ cold …   Collocations dictionary

• sweat — 1 verb 1 LIQUID FROM SKIN (I) to have liquid coming out through your skin, especially because you are hot or frightened: I was sweating after the long climb. | sweat heavily/profusely (=sweat a lot) | sweat like a pig informal (=sweat a lot) |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• sweat — [c]/swɛt / (say swet) verb (sweat or sweated, sweating) –verb (i) 1. to excrete watery fluid through the pores of the skin, as from heat, exertion, etc.; perspire, especially freely or profusely. 2. to exude moisture, as green plants piled in a… …