heavy lifting

noun

: a burdensome or laborious duty

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The new quad-core processor inside is likely doing a lot of heavy lifting there. New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2025 Kinne assumed a lot of the heavy lifting in evaluating transfers and navigating the portal in his first two years on campus as the program was strapped for resources compared to its counterparts. Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 As noted in my game story, the Padres are planning on their bullpen doing some heavy lifting in the playoffs. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025 For real, though, Strong said Allen really had to do the heavy lifting in the film that chronicles the then about-to-be-even-more-massive singer’s interior retreat to write the stark, story-cycle Nebraska album. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heavy lifting

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 2 Oct. 2025.

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