mow the lawn

idiom

: to cut the grass on a lawn with a lawn mower

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But after a full day of work, who wants to spend hours sweating in the sun just to mow the lawn? Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025 Besides, who wants to hear a lawn mower at 8am on a Saturday? Mid-afternoon is the second worst time of the day to mow the lawn. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 July 2025 The only new variable is that someone comes by to mow the lawn once or twice a month. Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 Some owners said they were notified too late in the process to mount a meaningful defense, while others lost houses over infractions involving landscaping violations and failing to mow the lawn. Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mow the lawn

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“Mow the lawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mow%20the%20lawn. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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