Definition of legwork
: active physical work (as in gathering information) that forms the basis of more creative or mentally exacting work (such as writing a book)
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Examples of legwork in a Sentence
I wrote the article myself, but my assistant gathered the information and did most of the other legwork.
Recent Examples of legwork from the Web
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Depending on how much legwork American industries can do to supply domestic steel and aluminum, prices for items that use the metals (cars, appliances and construction equipment, to name a few) could go up.
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And the projects, like Brown’s, take a lot of legwork.
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Democrats blasted the breakdown as failed diplomacy and blamed a lack of legwork by Trump heading into the talks.
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Still, all of this legwork brings us no closer to understanding what made Robin Williams so inimitably Robin Williams-like.
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The White House jettisoned the legwork that usually goes into international visits and instead sent its entire team of trade advisors to Beijing for two days.
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The victory was not achieved without a great deal of legwork.
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The Keppler Telescope did the legwork for TESS by surveying the Milky Way Galaxy to determine how many Earthlike planets may be near us, according to NASA’s website.
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Time is of the essence and Steele is doing much of the legwork himself as his coaching staff hasn't been filled out yet.
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First Known Use of legwork
1891
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Definition of legwork for English Language Learners
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: the active physical work that is involved in doing something
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