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Definition of Sweat off
1. Verb. Lose weight by sweating. "I sweated off 3 pounds in the sauna"
Definition of Sweat off
1. Verb. (transitive informal) To lose (weight) by sweating (from heavy exercise, sauna etc.). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweat Off
Literary usage of Sweat off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Japan as it was and is by Richard Hildreth (1905)
"... the Japanese usually bathe or sweat after their day's journey is over, thinking
by this means to refresh themselves, and to sweat off their weariness. ..."
2. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1856)
"Stage horses hard driven, if the weather be warm, grow poor—in common terms, they
sweat off their ..."
3. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"He wiped the sweat off his forehead and calmly went on with his job. The bomb
went off that night about eight o'clock. As he had predicted, "She just fizzed ..."
4. The History of Japan: Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam by Engelbert Kaempfer, Simon Delboe, William Ramsden, Hammond Gibben (1906)
"... after their days journey is over, thinking by this means to refresh themselves
and to sweat off their weariness. Besides, as they can undress themselves ..."
5. Japan as it was and is by Richard Hildreth (1905)
"... the Japanese usually bathe or sweat after their day's journey is over, thinking
by this means to refresh themselves, and to sweat off their weariness. ..."
6. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1856)
"Stage horses hard driven, if the weather be warm, grow poor—in common terms, they
sweat off their ..."
7. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"He wiped the sweat off his forehead and calmly went on with his job. The bomb
went off that night about eight o'clock. As he had predicted, "She just fizzed ..."
8. The History of Japan: Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam by Engelbert Kaempfer, Simon Delboe, William Ramsden, Hammond Gibben (1906)
"... after their days journey is over, thinking by this means to refresh themselves
and to sweat off their weariness. Besides, as they can undress themselves ..."
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