heavy lifting

noun

: a burdensome or laborious duty

Examples of heavy lifting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The device should do all the heavy lifting and optimize itself in the background to for the user, not the other way around. Steven Aquino, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 For just $16, this shea butter-rich cream does the heavy lifting of moisturizers 10 times the price, deeply moisturizing and firming skin while absorbing quickly for a non-heavy feel. Sarah Han, Allure, 30 Sep. 2024 Rather than include contemporary works so that current artists could do the heavy lifting of responding and telling more critical stories, curators wanted the works to speak for themselves. April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 12 Sep. 2024 Clooney, who had been doing all the heavy lifting for days on end, saw an opportunity to deliver a very crappy — albeit hilarious — lesson on the importance on keeping up with the litter box maintenance. Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for heavy lifting 

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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 5 Oct. 2024.

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