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Elbow grease   /ˈɛlbˌoʊ gris/   Listen
Elbow grease

noun
1.
Use of physical or mental energy; hard work.  Synonyms: effort, exertion, sweat, travail.  "They managed only with great exertion"






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"Elbow grease" Quotes from Famous Books



... hummocks and mesquite, like the rest of the desert. Spent a lot of money levelling it and getting it ready to water. He lives at Los Angeles, and is one of those fellows who try to farm with money instead of brains and elbow grease. Lost a lot on last year's crop, and now he wants to get rid of ...
— The Desert Fiddler • William H. Hamby

... want ter pay no road-taxes. An' Silas Boyd 'lows he don't want ter be obligated ter work on no sech rough road ez this hyar one air obleeged ter be; an' I reckon, fust an' last, it will take a power o' elbow grease." ...
— The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories • Charles Egbert Craddock



Words linked to "Elbow grease" :   physical exertion, exercising, labour, overexertion, labor, least resistance, overkill, physical exercise, application, trouble, toil, straining, pull, struggle, rubbing, difficulty, exercise, detrition, supererogation, least effort, workout, diligence, friction, strain



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