transitive verb
1. : to endure, wait for, or wait through the course of (something beyond one's control)
all they could do was to close their ranks, make the best speed they could, and sweat it out to the end — Nicholas Monsarrat
these officers ate out of a mess kit and sweated out the same chow line I did — C.E.Fread
2. : to work one's way painfully or tediously through (as a problem or situation) or to (as a solution or objective)
a sprinkling of older men and women, experienced teachers, who are sweating out a master's degree — D.J.Lloyd