Related Words for heavy lifting

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heavy artillery
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
big deal
//
Name, Name
uphill battle
///x
Phrase, Noun
tall order
//x
Phrase, Noun
labor of love
/x//
Phrase, Noun
truckload
/x
Noun
load
/
Noun
last straw
//
Phrase, Noun
thrust
/
Noun
what it takes
///
Phrase, Noun
push
/
Noun
dance
/
Noun
challenging
/xx
Adjective, Noun
lifting
/x
Noun
head of steam
///
Phrase, Noun
hell to pay
///
Phrase, Noun
slam dunk
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
game face
//
Phrase, Noun
bigger fish to fry
/x///
Phrase, Noun
level best
/x/
Phrase, Noun
full speed ahead
//x/
Phrase, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
millstone
/x
Noun
elbow grease
/x/
Phrase, Noun
helping hand
/x/
Phrase, Noun
grind
/
Noun
dead set
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
fighting chance
/x/
Phrase, Noun
hot water
//x
Phrase, Noun
fire hose
/x/
Phrase, Noun
crunch
/
Noun
hatchet job
/x/
Phrase, Noun
big shot
//
Name, Name
cut and thrust
///
Phrase, Noun
impact
x/
Noun
top dog
//
Phrase, Noun
leg up
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
tightrope
/x
Noun
elephant in the room
/xxxx/
Phrase, Noun
quantum leap
/x/
Phrase, Noun
drop in the bucket
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
venture
/x
Noun
tough love
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
pigeon
/x
Noun
dynamite
/xx
Noun
main drag
//
Name, Name
pivot
/x
Noun
running
/x
Verb
piece of cake
///
Phrase, Noun
stretch
/
Noun
race against time
/x//
Phrase, Noun
glove
/
Noun
joke
/
Noun
gravy train
/x/
Phrase, Noun
fork
/
Noun
big talk
//
Name, Name
cross to bear
///
Phrase, Noun
last hurrah
//x
Phrase, Noun
golden opportunity
/xxx/xx
Name, Name
fast lane
//
Phrase, Noun
works
/
Noun
deep dive
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
exploit
/x
Verb
hang
/
Verb
swot
/
Name
nuclear option
/xx/x
Name, Name
gotcha
/x
Noun
far cry
//
Phrase, Noun, Adverb
everything but the kitchen sink
/xx/x/x/
Phrase, Noun
field day
//
Phrase, Noun
best bet
//
Phrase, Noun
hitch
/
Noun
loaded dice
/xx
Phrase, Noun
bagging
/x
Noun
bottleneck
/xx
Noun
breaking point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
rocky road
/x/
Name, Name
bright spot
//
Phrase, Noun
smoking gun
/x/
Phrase, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
upper hand
/x/
Phrase, Noun
fist
/
Noun
stepping stone
/x/
Phrase, Noun
grasp
/
Noun
tether
/x
Noun
pickle
/x
Noun
easy pickings
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
abolishing
x/xx
Verb
abolition
xx/x
Noun
abrogation
xx/x
Noun
abundant
x/x
Adjective
accented
/xx
Adjective
acute
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
added
/x
Verb
adjournment
x/x
Noun
adult
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
aggravating
/xxx
Adjective
ample
/x
Adjective
ancestry
/xx
Noun
annoying
x/x
Adjective, Noun
annulment
/xx
Noun
arduous
/xx
Adjective
ascent
x/
Noun
backbreaking
/xx
Adjective
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
bitter
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bloated
/x
Adjective
boosting
/x
Noun
boring
/x
Adjective, Noun
breaking
/x
Noun
bringing
/x
Noun
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
broadband
/x
Noun, Adjective
brushing
/x
Noun, Adjective
bulk
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bulky
/x
Adjective
burden
/x
Noun, Verb
burdensome
/xx
Adjective
bustling
/xx
Adjective, Noun
busy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
can
/
Verb, Noun
canceling
/xx
Verb, Noun
cancellation
xx/x
Noun
causeway
/x
Noun, Verb
cessation
x/x
Noun
changing
/x
Noun
cheap
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
chilled
/
Adjective
clayey
/x
Adjective
cleaner
/x
Noun
clearance
/x
Noun
closing
/x
Noun, Adjective
closure
/x
Noun
cloudy
/x
Adjective
coarse
/
Adjective
coating
/x
Noun
colossal
x/x
Adjective
compact
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
compilation
xx/x
Noun
complicated
/xxx
Adjective
compulsive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
congested
x/x
Adjective
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
copious
/xx
Adjective
costly
/x
Adjective
crane
/
Noun, Verb
crass
/
Adjective
crippling
/xx
Adjective, Noun
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
crowded
/x
Adjective
cumbersome
/xx
Adjective
damning
/x
Adjective, Noun
dark
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
daunting
/x
Adjective, Noun
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
deleting
x/x
Verb, Noun
deletion
x/x
Noun
demanding
x/x
Adjective
dense
/
Adjective, Noun
derogation
/x/x
Noun
descent
x/
Noun
devastating
/xxx
Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
dire
/
Adjective, Noun
disappearance
xx/x
Noun
disarming
x/x
Adjective
discharging
x/x
Noun
discontinuance
xx/xx
Noun
discontinuation
xxxx/x
Noun
dislocation
x//x
Noun
dismantling
x/xx
Noun
dismissal
x/x
Noun
disposal
x/x
Noun
disqualification
xxxx/x
Noun
dissolution
xx/x
Noun
dissolve
x/
Verb, Noun
distressing
x/x
Adjective
disturbing
x/x
Adjective
drag
/
Verb, Noun
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
drastic
/x
Adjective, Noun
dull
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
dumb
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
dura
/x
Noun
duty
/x
Noun
easing
/x
Noun
effortful
/xx
Adjective
elevating
/xxx
Verb
elevation
xx/x
Noun
eliminating
x/xxx
Verb
elimination
xxx/x
Noun
embankment
x/x
Noun
emergence
x/x
Noun
ending
/x
Noun
enormous
x/x
Adjective
eradicating
x/xxx
Verb
erecting
x/x
Noun
erection
x/x
Noun
excess
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
excessive
x/x
Adjective
exemption
x/x
Noun
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
exorbitant
x/xx
Adjective
expectant
x/x
Adjective, Noun
expensive
x/x
Adjective
extensive
x/x
Adjective
extra
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
extraction
x/x
Noun
extreme
x/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
extricating
/xxx
Verb
facelift
/x
Noun, Verb
fastest
/x
Verb
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
ferocious
x/x
Adjective
fierce
/
Adjective, Adverb
filing
/x
Noun
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
firm
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
fleshy
/x
Adjective
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
forceful
/x
Adjective
formidable
/xxx
Adjective
fort
/
Noun, Verb
forte
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
fraught
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
freezing
/x
Adjective, Noun
frequent
/x
Adjective, Verb
full
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
gear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gloomy
/x
Adjective, Noun
gran
/
Noun
grand
/
Noun, Adjective
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gravid
xx
Adjective
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
grievous
/x
Adjective
gross
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
grueling
/xx
Adjective, Noun
gruelling
/x
Adjective, Noun
hanger
/x
Noun
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardened
/x
Adjective
harsh
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
haulage
/x
Noun
hauling
/x
Noun
havoc
/x
Noun, Verb
healed
/
Adjective
heated
/x
Adjective
heavier
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
heavily
/xx
Adverb
heaving
/x
Noun, Adjective