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uphill

[adv., adj. uhp-hil; n. uhp-hil] Origin

up·hill

[adv., adj. uhp-hil; n. uhp-hil]
adverb
1.
up or as if up the slope of a hill or other incline; upward: The soldiers marched uphill. Water does not run uphill without assistance.
adjective
2.
going or tending upward on or as if on a hill: an uphill road.
3.
at a high place or point: an uphill village.
4.
laboriously fatiguing or difficult: an uphill struggle to become wealthy.

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Uphill is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
noun
5.
a rising terrain; ascent.

Origin:
1540–50; up- + hill


4. arduous, hard, strenuous, taxing, grueling.

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uphill (ˈʌpˈhɪl)
 
adj
1.  inclining, sloping, or leading upwards
2.  requiring arduous and protracted effort: an uphill task
 
adv
3.  up an incline or slope; upwards
4.  against difficulties
 
n
5.  a rising incline; ascent

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uphill
1613, from up + hill
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