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verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

sweat blood

sweat blood · sweats blood · sweated blood / sweat blood · sweating blood

To work very hardTo work very hard.

Meaning

2 senses

(informal)To work very hard.
(informal)To be extremely anxious.

Forms

sweats blood, sweating blood, sweated blood, sweated blood

Base form	sweat blood · to sweat blood
3rd person singular	sweats blood
Present participle	sweating blood
Past simple	sweated blood / sweat blood
Past participle	sweated blood / sweat blood

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	sweat blood
he, she, it	sweats blood

Past simpleLesson

all persons

sweated blood

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have sweated blood
he, she, it	has sweated blood

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will sweat blood

Synonyms

2 synonyms

sweat one's guts out sweat bullets

Word family

1 related words

Relatedhaematidrosis

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

swearB1 sweatB1 sweaterA2 sweatpants sweatshirtB1

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