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elbow-grease

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elbow grease

–noun
strenuous physical exertion: a job requiring elbow grease.

Origin:
1630–40
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Cultural Dictionary

elbow grease

Strenuous physical effort: “If you're going to get this job done, you'll need to apply a little elbow grease.”

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
elbow-grease

  1. n.
    effort. : All this job needs is a little more elbow-grease.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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