sweat it out of

Example Sentences

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“Because in those days they’d say, ‘Take two aspirin tonight, tomorrow you’re going to skate for an hour and we’re going to sweat it out of you.’

From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2016

"But that's—I've been feeling so jumpy lately, I thought maybe it might be a good thing if I kind of got off by myself and sweat it out of me."

From Babbitt by Lewis, Sinclair

Hi tunket! this sun ought to sweat it out of him.

From The Mission of Janice Day by Turner, Corinne

The iron worker knows that his body is superior, and no sour philosophy could stay in him, because he would sweat it out of his pores as he sweats out all other poisons.

From The Iron Puddler My life in the rolling mills and what came of it by Davis, James J. (James John)

The doctor saved lots of folks, white and black, 'cause he sweat it out of 'em.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration