sweat off

sweat off
To lose (weight) by sweating (from heavy exercise, sauna etc.).

The shocked Aussie fighters started to sweat off the excess pounds, but competition manager Lenni Gama denied any problem with the scales.


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  • sweat off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms sweat off : present tense I/you/we/they sweat off he/she/it sweats off present participle sweating off past tense sweated off past participle sweated off 1) to get rid of body weight by making yourself sweat… …   English dictionary

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  • wiped the sweat off — wiped the sweat clean off, dried the perspiration, wiped the perspiration with his hand …   English contemporary dictionary

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

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  • sweat — 01. The [sweat] rolled down his face as he worked in the hot sun. 02. The cook wiped the [sweat] off her face as she bent over the hot stove to stir the soup. 03. The patient had a high fever, and her clothes were soaked with [sweat]. 04. We were …   Grammatical examples in English

  • 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 — [[t]swe̱t[/t]] sweats, sweating, sweated 1) N UNCOUNT Sweat is the salty colourless liquid which comes through your skin when you are hot, ill, or afraid. Both horse and rider were dripping with sweat within five minutes... He wiped the sweat off …   English dictionary

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