- heavy lifting
- noun Date: 1980 a burdensome or laborious duty
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heavy lifting
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heavy lifting — /hɛvi ˈlɪftɪŋ/ (say hevee lifting) noun the onerous work in terms of effort involved, public exposure, etc., in accomplishing a goal: *It just does illustrate yet again that America s fiercest critics over Iraq were always prepared … to allow the …
heavy lifting — UK [ˌhevɪˈlɪftɪŋ] / US noun [uncountable] informal difficult work that needs a lot of effort With only three weeks until his contract ends, you won t find him doing any of the heavy lifting … English dictionary
heavy lifting — noun difficult work the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn t willing to do the heavy lifting • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism • Hypernyms: ↑work … Useful english dictionary
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lifting — lift lift [lɪft] verb [transitive] 1. to make prices, profits etc rise: • Improving international demand lifted product prices. • The interim dividend to shareholders has been lifted from 2.7p to 3.02p. 2. LAW … Financial and business terms
heavy — heav|y1 W1S1 [ˈhevi] adj comparative heavier superlative heaviest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(weight)¦ 2¦(amount/degree/severity)¦ 3¦(needing physical effort)¦ 4¦(needing mental effort)¦ 5 heavy going 6 be heavy on something 7 heavy with something … Dictionary of contemporary English
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