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heavy lifting
[ hev-ee lif-ting ]
noun
- hard work:
A team of researchers did the heavy lifting for the author.
Word History and Origins
Origin of heavy lifting1
Example Sentences
Even though she let me take much of the credit, she did the heavy lifting, which is probably why I do not remember anything we made ever being difficult.
But as for the actual heavy lifting of the crutches, by that point, I had been so comfortable in the crutches.
USC would need its defense to continue doing the heavy lifting from there.
Mr Bailey will also echo Reeves' concern that the UK pension system is "fragmented" and requires "heavy lifting" to fix it.
The venue did most of the heavy lifting, providing the subtext to the speech and the point from which Harris could pivot.
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