Sweat out

boron · Oct 12, 2011

You may sweat out up to about 2 grams of sodium per hour during running in a hot weather.

I know that sweat out may mean something like "to await anxiously the outcome", so how does it sonds when it comes to real sweat?

Maryn · Oct 12, 2011

Sounds awful to my US ear. You don't sweat out perspiration, you simply sweat it.

Maryn

boron · Oct 12, 2011

I guess the classic is:
You may lose 2 grams of sodium with sweat....

But, can I shorten it to:
You may sweat 2 grams of sodium...?

mirandashell · Oct 12, 2011

Hmmm..... that would stop me. You don't sweat out sodium, you sweat out sweat. (if you see what I mean). I would stick to the classic phrasing.

Duncan J Macdonald · Oct 12, 2011

boron said:
You may sweat out up to about 2 grams of sodium per hour during running in a hot weather.

I know that sweat out may mean something like "to await anxiously the outcome", so how does it sonds when it comes to real sweat?

How about something like:

"You can lose up to 2 grams of sodium per hour through your sweat when you are running in hot weather."

rugcat · Oct 12, 2011

Maryn said:
Sounds awful to my US ear. You don't sweat out perspiration, you simply sweat it.

Maryn

Except, it quite common to say something like: "I did a cleansing and then took a sauna to sweat out all those toxins."

boron · Oct 12, 2011

Duncan J Macdonald said:
How about something like:

"You can lose up to 2 grams of sodium per hour through your sweat when you are running in hot weather."

I was hoping I could say that with one word somehow.

Like you can exhale a certain amount of carbon dioxide in one hour and you don't need to say "excrete through breathing".

absitinvidia · Oct 12, 2011

I agree with the person who recommended "lose . . . through your sweat" or "lose . . . through perspiration."

"Sweat out" just sounds odd here.

Perhaps even "When you are running in hot weather, you can lose up to 2 grams of sodium in your sweat."

Determination · Oct 12, 2011

Everyone knows sweat comes out. Can't you just say 'You may sweat up to about 2 grams of sodium per hour during running in a hot weather'?

Snick · Oct 12, 2011

I have encounter "sweat out" before, and your original sentence is finr with me. Losing sodium through sweat is a moreprecise way to put it, but I think that either would be correct.

Susan Coffin · Oct 12, 2011

I don't like the original sentence either. Sweat is what comes out of your body, therefore "out" is redundant.

I'm a runner, and if any of my running pals ever said, "sweat out," I would laugh at them and say "don't sweat it."

boron · Oct 13, 2011

Determination said:
Everyone knows sweat comes out. Can't you just say 'You may sweat up to about 2 grams of sodium per hour during running in a hot weather'?

This sounds ideal to me. Now someone else tell me it's fine.

Fallen · Oct 13, 2011

boron said:
This sounds ideal to me. Now someone else tell me it's fine.

Not quite, hun. (e.g. running in a hot weather)

You may sweat up to 2 grams of sodium per hour during a hot-weather run.

or

You may excrete up to 2 grams of sodium per hour during a hot-weather run.

or

You may perspire up to 2 grams of sodium per hour during a hot-weather run.

boron · Oct 13, 2011

Fine.

Jamesaritchie · Oct 13, 2011

Sweat out is used this way all the time in the U.S. The most common usage, one I've heard a bazillion times, is sweat out toxins, or sweat out poisons. I suspect every exercise guru, late night exercise infomercial, health club, and you name it in the country uses one of these phrases.

You don't sweat out sweat, but sweat isn't distilled water, and many things come out with it.

"Sweat it out" is so common I know everyone's heard it. Where do you think the phrase comes from?

PVish · Oct 29, 2011

A bit of Googling produced this: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sweat

Verb phrase
36. sweat out, Informal.
a. to await anxiously the outcome of; endure apprehensively: The accused sweated out the jury's deliberation.
b. to work arduously at or toward: The director sweated out a camera angle with the cinematographer.

Snick · Oct 29, 2011

"Sweat out" is also used in the sense of sweating out a fever.

mirandashell · Oct 29, 2011

Jamesaritchie said:
Sweat out is used this way all the time in the U.S........ "Sweat it out" is so common I know everyone's heard it.

Is that because everyone comes from America?

AnWulf · Oct 30, 2011

sweat out

boron said:
You may sweat out up to about 2 grams of sodium per hour during running in a hot weather.

I know that sweat out may mean something like "to await anxiously the outcome", so how does it sound when it comes to real sweat?

Sounds ok to me. Below is a writ that may be in line with what you're thinking:

Sweat it out, it's good for you
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Aug. 5, 2005 06:15 PM

bonitakale · Oct 31, 2011

Here's a sentence from Robin McKinley. I think it sounds fine.

The specific muscular control and coordination or learning to wield a sword finally sweated the last of the surka out of her system.

To me, the only problem with the original sentence is a little clunkiness because of uncertain amounts. Running in hot weather, you may sweat out as much as 2 grams of sodium per hour.

boron · Oct 31, 2011

@ Bonita: Yes, "as much as" sounds much better.

@ Snick and Jamesaritchie: Yes, "sweat out" sounds more appropriate when used in the sense "get rid of" fever or toxins than just "excrete" salt.

AnWulf · Nov 1, 2011

surka

bonitakale said:
Here's a sentence from Robin McKinley. I think it sounds fine.

The specific muscular control and coordination or learning to wield a sword finally sweated the last of the surka out of her system.

Surka?

bonitakale · Nov 3, 2011

AnWulf said:
Surka?

Fantasy novel. Fantasy plant, poisonous to heroine.

Chrissy · Nov 4, 2011

What about a word like... detox. Or another de-verb that I can't think of. Running in hot weather also presumes sweating, unless you're a reptile or something. So maybe there's a way to say it without the word "sweat". Just a thought.

Chrissy · Nov 4, 2011

Flush! Flush out?

I've got it: desalinize. To remove the salt. Oy.

Okay I'm done. Please ignore.

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