Synonyms for sweat it
- await
- delay
- expect
- hang
- linger
- remain
- stand by
- stay
- stick around
- watch
- abide
- anticipate
- bide
- dally
- foresee
- stall
- tarry
- bide one's time
- cool it
- fill time
- hang around
- hang onto your hat
- hang out
- hold back
- hold everything
- hold on
- hold the phone
- hole up
- keep shirt on
- lie in wait
- lie low
- look for
- look forward to
- mark time
- put on hold
- save it
- sit tight
- sit up for
- stay up for
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English swætan "perspire, work hard," from the source of sweat (n.). Meaning "to be worried, vexed" is recorded from c.1400. Related: Sweated; sweating. Colloquial no sweat "no problem" attested from 1963.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR SWEAT IT
bide
verbwaitexert
verbmake use ofexerting
verbmake use ofexerts
verbmake use ofhope
verblong for, dream about- anticipate
- aspire
- assume
- await
- be sure of
- believe
- cherish
- contemplate
- count on
- deem likely
- depend on
- desire
- expect
- feel confident
- foresee
- hang in
- have faith
- hold
- keep fingers crossed
- knock on wood
- look at sunny side
- look forward to
- pray
- presume
- promise oneself
- rely
- suppose
- surmise
- suspect
- sweat
- sweat it
- sweat it out
- take heart
- think to
- trust
- watch for
- wish
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