heavy lifting

noun

: a burdensome or laborious duty

Examples of heavy lifting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Let your shoes soften the look, while the rest of your accessories—like a designer bag and statement jewelry—do all the heavy lifting. — India Roby, Glamour, 21 July 2026

Yoshinobu Yamamoto did the heavy lifting in the first game, holding the Yankees to four hits while pitching his first (regular season) complete game as the Dodgers won, 8-2. — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 20 July 2026

SpaceX plans to build a constellation of 100,000 Starlink V3 spacecraft in low Earth orbit over the coming years, and Starship will do all of the heavy lifting. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 20 July 2026

The buyer, however, would have to do the heavy lifting of actually combining the spaces. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 16 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for heavy lifting

• drifting
• gifting
• rifting
• shifting
• sifting
• shoplifting
• uplifting