sweat bullets
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[edit]sweat bullets (third-person singular simple present sweats bullets, present participle sweating bullets, simple past and past participle sweated bullets)
- (intransitive, slang, idiomatic) To sweat profusely; especially, to be very nervous or anxious.
- He was sweating bullets about the exam all week.
- 2021, Arlo Parks (lyrics and music), “Hurt”:
- Started sweating bullets when her dad asked, "How d'you really feel?"
She said, "I've been feeling like something inside me wants to scream […] "
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[edit]sweat profusely
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