guts out

Definitions

1. To persevere through; to complete in spite of pain, etc.
   idiomatic, informal, transitive
2. third-person singular simple present indicative of gut out
   form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Examples

“Again, name⟳ one. Every one of them is playing as hard as they can -- unless you can cite any hard evidence to the contrary. Or perhaps you haven't noticed that Tim Salmon is playing with a badly injured foot. Or how about Jim Edmonds playing with two bad knees last⟳ year. Or Jack McDowell gutsing out five innings last⟳ week with a bad elbow.”

“2007, John David, Morituri: Sixth and Final Episode of Enemies of Society, AuthorHouse UK, page 100, Latty blinked. Another odd question⟳ from her odd roommate. Latty sort⟳ of liked Rowan, and the girl had gutsed out her initiation, but that Shanghai valley must have⟳ been utterly freako.”

“"It was a bit like⟳ yesterday, we really gutsed it out and put⟳ ourselves well and truly back into a game where we can create⟳ a six-point scenario," he said.”

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