SWEAT OUT Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

sweat out

verb

Definition of sweat out

as in to tolerate

to put up with (something painful or difficult) I can sweat out one more year of this job—before I totally flip out

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Recent Examples of sweat out Sip wines made right on-site, sweat out nights of excess in the barrel sauna and cold plunge, and savor in-room breakfasts and alfresco wine dinners. — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026 Cade realized the players were sweating out electrolytes – another word for minerals like sodium, potassium and magnesium – and upsetting the body’s chemical balance. — ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026 Adrienne prefers the convenience of soaping and rinsing a silicone band to handwashing the sweat out of a nylon one. — Kieran Alger, Wired News, 14 Apr. 2026 The fact that this was a purely hypothetical exercise wasn’t lost on Larionov, who doesn’t have to actually sweat out his omissions the way USA GM Bill Guerin or Canada GM Doug Armstrong and Sweden head coach Sam Hallam have in real life. — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sweat out

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Verb

Other individuals simply need help learning to tolerate the discomfort of seeing trypophobic images.

— Gabriela Galvin, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026
No more broken promises, rampant corruption, or tolerating an elite class living in luxury while the citizens are ignored.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of tolerate

Verb

From there, congressional leadership would have to decide how to handle the impasse, with three cases over the last five decades to draw on as precedent.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
AgiBot says the model can also handle dexterous manipulation without requiring additional fine-tuning for every new activity.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of handle

Verb

Based on the information Bhengura provided on a form, his application to register to vote was accepted, and he was successfully registered to vote in Texas, according to the indictment.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, the Abrahamic religions—the largest of which are Christianity, Judaism and Islam—are largely accepting of the idea that conscious life might exist that isn’t human, but none of these religions are monoliths.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of accept

Verb

But up to this point, DIIV have endured—thrived, even—because of their refusal to capitulate to the industry winds that swirled around them.

— Larry Fitzmaurice, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
The character introduced as youthful comic relief became an enduring piece of the series’ optimistic picture of the future.

— Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of endure

Verb

Allen took only two dribbles — one before midcourt and one after — gathered his feet, and pulled up from the left side of the arc.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026
Revell said that no arrests had yet been made, nor anyone taken into custody, but that police believed one shooter was involved.

— Samantha Cookinham, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of take

Verb

This year, only one of the six laureates was born in the United States.

— Mattanjah de Vries, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
The meaning is largely in the emotion and intelligence Lily brings to bear upon her work, the process, the insistent intertwining of her creativity and her becoming.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of bear

Verb

Jeff Stotts, an athletic trainer who runs a site that tracks sports injuries, wrote that since 2005, just one player had sustained a torn labrum like Wallace’s and returned later that season.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
Faster reloading could help vessels sustain their combat readiness during extended operations.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

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