- work up a sweat
- work or exercise hard, perspire, break a sweat
When I skip, it takes me ten minutes to work up a sweat.
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work up a sweat — to put a lot of effort into something. The volunteers are working up a sweat to make sure everything is ready on time … New idioms dictionary
sweat — sweat1 [swet] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(liquid from skin)¦ 2¦(work)¦ 3¦(worry)¦ 4 don t sweat it 5 don t sweat the small stuff 6¦(produce liquid)¦ 7¦(cook)¦ Phrasal verbs sweat something<=>off sweat something<=>out ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ … Dictionary of contemporary English
sweat — 1 verb 1 LIQUID FROM SKIN (I) to have liquid coming out through your skin, especially because you are hot or frightened: I was sweating after the long climb. | sweat heavily/profusely (=sweat a lot) | sweat like a pig informal (=sweat a lot) |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sweat — 1. noun /swɛt/ a) Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation. When the sweat comes… … Wiktionary
work up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you work yourself up, you make yourself feel very upset or angry about something. → See also worked up [V pron refl P into/to n] She worked herself up into a bit of a state... [V pron refl P] Don t just lie there working… … English dictionary
work — /wɜk / (say werk) noun 1. exertion directed to produce or accomplish something; labour; toil. 2. that on which exertion or labour is expended; something to be made or done; a task or undertaking. 3. productive or operative activity. 4. manner or… …
sweat — 1. n. Hard work. 2. old sweat Experienced person, often old soldier. 3. sweat it out Persevere despite difficulty, pressure, etc … A concise dictionary of English slang
work up — stir up, arouse, excite He really likes to work up a sweat when he does his exercises … Idioms and examples
sweat — [swet] vi. sweat or sweated, sweating [ME sweten < OE swætan < swat, sweat, akin to Ger schweissen < IE base * sweid , to sweat > Gr hidros, L sudor, sweat] 1. to give forth a characteristic salty moisture through the pores of the… … English World dictionary
sweat — [n1] body’s perspiring diaphoresis, excretion, exudation, perspiration, steam, transudation; concepts 185,467 sweat [n2] hard work backbreaker*, chore, drudgery, effort, grind, labor, moil, slavery, task, toil, travail, work; concepts 362,677 Ant … New thesaurus
