elbow grease

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Recent Examples of elbow grease Grab this KitchenAid stand mixer to whip up dough without any elbow grease from you and your wooden spoons. Clara McMahon, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024 Younger businesses can counter missteps through a much nimbler mix of ingenuity and elbow grease, but nothing beats simply avoiding them by mapping possible pitfalls in advance. Allbusiness, Forbes, 19 Nov. 2024 This part might require a little more TCL and elbow grease, so plan and prepare accordingly. Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024 Baking Soda And Dish Soap When trying to remove or lighten stains that are already set on your Pyrex dish, a combination of a gentle abrasive cleanser and a little elbow grease with a plastic or nylon scrubby (never steel wool) can work wonders. Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for elbow grease 

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“Elbow grease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elbow%20grease. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.

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