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sweat
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of SWEAT
1
to devote serious and sustained effort <spent the afternoon sweating over her tax returns>
Synonyms bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work
Related Words apply (oneself), buckle (down), dig in, hammer (away), knuckle down, pitch in; attack, drive; essay, try; exercise, exert, overexert, overwork; eke out, grind (out), put out, scrabble, scratch; trudge, wade
Near Antonyms break, ease (up), let up, slacken; bum, chill, dally, dillydally, footle, goldbrick, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk, slack (off), veg out; bask, loll, relax, repose, rest, unwind; dabble, doodle, fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang, hang about [British], mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle
2
to experience concern or anxiety <don't sweat over getting the application in a day late, as it probably doesn't matter>
3
to work hard and long <after sweating so hard to build the business out of nothing, we lost everything>
4
<after sweating so hard to build the business out of nothing, we lost everything> to flow forth slowly through small openings <the oil coat may sweat through this varnish>
5
slang to put a series of questions to <the narcotics squad tried sweating the mule, but he was genuinely clueless about the inner workings of the drug operation>
Related Words debrief; cross-examine, cross-question; annoy, harass, hound, pester; canvass (also canvas), poll
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