elbow grease
elbow grease
nounDefinition of ELBOW GREASE
the active use of energy in producing a result <with a little polish and a lot of elbow grease, I was able to make the old silver teapot shine again>
Related Words drudgery, grind, slog, strain, toil, travail; dint, energy; force, might, muscle, power, puissance; attempt, endeavor, essay, fling, go, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, whack
Near Antonyms adroitness, ease, facility, fluency, smoothness; dormancy, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, languor, laziness, quiescence
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