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elbow grease

noun

Definition of elbow grease

  1. :  vigorously applied physical labor :  hard work

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Examples of elbow grease in a Sentence

  1. It's going to take some elbow grease to get this counter clean.

  2. with a little polish and a lot of elbow grease, I was able to make the old silver teapot shine again

First Known Use of elbow grease

1672

elbow grease Synonyms

Synonyms
effort, exertion, expenditure, labor, pains, sweat, trouble, while, work
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

ELBOW GREASE Defined for English Language Learners

elbow grease

noun

Definition of elbow grease for English Language Learners

  • : physical effort : hard work

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