heavy lifting

noun

: a burdensome or laborious duty

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But as the Sunday primetime numbers demonstrate, there are still plenty of opportunities to grow the non-sports audience, so long as the big guys in the pads are doing a lot of the heavy lifting. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Oct. 2024 Ralph Fiennes does most of the heavy lifting here, playing Cardinal Lawrence, a dutiful and doubting man overseeing the vote for the next pope. Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024 But need is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that question. Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 As far as wine, let the grapes do the heavy lifting. Alyssa Shelasky, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for heavy lifting 

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 8 Nov. 2024.

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