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Princeton's WordNet

  1. heavy liftingnoun

    difficult work

    "the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting"

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  1. heavy liftingnoun

    The most demanding part of an endeavour; work requiring the most effort, resources, or consideration.

Wikipedia

  1. heavy lifting

    Tug of War is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen, who came in third on the fifth season of Canadian Idol. The album is produced by Canadian record producer and songwriter Ryan Stewart. Initially, the album was limitedly released in Canada on the independent MapleMusic Recordings label via Fontana North on September 30, 2008. However, it was subsequently given a mainstream release by Canadian label 604 Records, following Jepsen's signing to the label in 2011, including a digital release on the iTunes Store of the United States on June 14. In 2013, the album was released on CD in the United States, through distribution from Alliance Entertainment. In July 2015, the album was released on vinyl in Europe.

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  1. heavy lifting

    Heavy lifting refers to the act of moving, lifting or carrying heavy objects or weights, often requiring significant physical effort and strength. In a metaphorical sense, it can also refer to the most challenging or difficult part of a task or responsibility.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of heavy lifting in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of heavy lifting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of heavy lifting in a Sentence

  1. Rick Dakin:

    Also they have already done the heavy lifting for EMV so they are ready and pushing for it.

  2. David Spitz:

    Dave Franco and Emma Roberts felt the best approach was to let the movie do the heavy lifting and let word of mouth carry it, if you read all the comments whether it's on Instagram or Facebook or Twitter, the response is amazing. The audience loves the film.

  3. Pierre Trudeau:

    His likeability ratings are off the charts and he is getting good reviews from foreign leaders, but it will only take him so far unless Canada is also seen to be willing to do some of the heavy lifting.

  4. Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate:

    I said that we won't be adding any dollars towards the funding part because we did a lot of our heavy lifting during the Commonwealth Games as far as our funding and budget's concerned, it's time that Gold Coast takes a break and lets Brisbane write the checks.

  5. Delores Goodwin Kelley:

    If you really want to get the job done, you have to pick the best person, when one person is clearly more knowledgeable, works better with others, is willing to do the heavy lifting, now is not the time to make an historic statement.


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