Collocations for "sweat"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sweat" in context.
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sweat
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- sweating from the [heat, workout, sun]
- the [heat] made me sweat
- sweated in the [heat]
- sweat like [a pig, crazy]
- sweat [a lot, profusely]
- sweat all over your [shirt, hat, towel]
- sweating with [anticipation, fear, desire]
- sweat through his [shirt, jersey]
- my palms are sweating
- sweating over the [interview, presentation, competition]
- sweating over the [results, figures, numbers]
- slang: sweating bullets
- slang: sweating buckets
- informal: don't sweat [the small stuff, it]
- informal: sweat it out
- am [covered, dripping] in sweat
- is drenched with sweat
- the sweat [dripped, trickled] down her [nose, arms, face]
- her [face, body] was covered in sweat
- wiped the sweat from his [face, brow]
- worked up a sweat [running, in the gym]
- [came out, woke up] in a cold sweat
- the [smell, stink] of sweat
- idiom: put blood, sweat, and tears into it
- informal: is in a sweat over the [outcome, result]
- informal: I can do it--no sweat!
- informal: put her sweats on
- informal: was wearing sweats
- informal: wore sweats to
- (yellow) sweat stains
- a sweat lodge
- wearing sweat pants
- her sweat glands
'sweat' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):