heavy lifting

noun

: a burdensome or laborious duty

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Moore also did some heavy lifting for the Vikings during the game against Rich Township, scoring 18 points and coming up with four steals in a 53-28 victory. Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025 In the 1950s, some professional football and baseball coaches actually forbade their athletes from heavy lifting. Danielle Friedman, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025 All the heavy lifting of attaining this Zen-like semblance is ultimately up to you. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 Your connected phone does the heavy lifting to transcribe the text, but the glasses have a tiny projector that displays the text in green text in front of your eye. Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for heavy lifting 

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of heavy lifting was in 1980

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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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