heavy lifting

noun

: a burdensome or laborious duty

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The play lets old Welch, up there so familiarly on screen, do the heavy lifting. Greg Evans, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025 Bryan Mbeumo will do the heavy lifting in this one, having scored 15 goals and set up his teammates with six assists in 29 matches. Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025 Frank This character doing all the heavy lifting to keep Rick’s ruse afloat and Sam Rockwell doing all the heavy lifting to keep this plot interesting: Thank you for your service, gentlemen. Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2025 There are some mattress styles that don’t require the heavy lifting required to flip a mattress. Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heavy lifting

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First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

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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 11 Apr. 2025.

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