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单词 outsweat
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outsweatv.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈswɛt/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈswɛt/
Forms: see out- prefix and sweat v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, sweat v.
Etymology: < out- prefix + sweat v.
1. transitive. To sweat (blood) out of (a person). Obsolete. rare.
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?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 175 (MED) All þe blood of his body I xal hym owt swete.
2. transitive. To outdo (a person) or work (something) out through sweat or toil. Cf. to sweat out s.v. sweat v. 7a.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [verb (transitive)] > perform with labour, toil at > work out by toil
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a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) i. sig. B3 Out upont caveat emptor, let the foole out sweat it that thinkes he has got a catch ont.
1893 M. H. Catherwood Old Kaskaskia ii. 70 Father Baby was as great a huckster as any flatboat man of them all. He outscreamed and outsweated Spaniards from Ste. Genevieve.
1952 W. Reswick I dreamt Revolution xxii. 259 Ragged workers were encouraged to follow the example of a certain well-publicized Stakhanov—a skilled mechanic who could outsweat the fastest sweatshop worker.
2002 Wenatchee Business Jrnl. (Nexis) 1 June c10 This is the time to outwork, outsweat, and outsmart the competition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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