heavy lifting

noun

: a burdensome or laborious duty

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One of the co-owners of the factory used to hang around the studio and hired a handful of rappers, producers, and graffiti writers to do the heavy lifting in the back. Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 Feb. 2025 Let a professional flower delivery service do the heavy lifting for you. Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2025 Drug companies at the time approached these treatments with more skepticism, waiting longer to invest and letting universities and academic hospitals do the heavy lifting, said Ameet Sarpatwari, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School who studies the pharmaceutical industry. Robin Fields, ProPublica, 12 Feb. 2025 Rather than getting your hands dirty to clean the can, let a dishwasher pod or tablet do the heavy lifting. Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 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 21 Feb. 2025.

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