sweat

Definition

  • verb: to produce a clear liquid from your skin when you are hot or nervous
  • verb: to excrete moisture in visible quantities through the openings of the sweat glands
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: perspire

Examples

  • I 'broke into a sweat' as I struggled up the hill. = I 'broke out in a sweat' as I struggled up the hill. [=I began to sweat as I struggled up the hill]

  • “The car won't start—what are we going to do?” “Don't 'sweat it'. I know all about fixing cars.”

  • “Thanks a lot for your help.” “'No sweat'.” [=helping was not difficult and I was glad to do it]

Movie quotes

  • (..) Body would reject it a second time. So the cure becomes more dangerous than the poison. What happens if you get bit again? I die or just sweat it out. We gotta go help Neck's uncle. All right. You never said your name. Mud. You can call me Mud. (..)
    2012 Mud
  • (..) Now, the choice is yours. Exile... or death! Order! Exi... exile. Sold. To the man in the cold sweat. You follow the thick ice. You try to swim... you're dead in minutes. Has anyone made it? Where the hell are they? (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises
  • (..) Mr. Stryver. You are... Philip Stryver, executive vice-president of... Daggett Industries... who, for years, has been living off the blood and sweat - of people less powerful than him. - Call Bane. I'm... I am one of you. Bane has no authority here. This is merely a sentencing hearing. (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises