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heavy-lifting

heavy-lifting is the alternative form of heavy lifting.

Meaning of heavy lifting

Noun

heavy lifting (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) The most demanding part of an endeavour; work requiring the most effort, resources, or consideration.
    • That's what I call the heavy-lifting part of the problem, and that's really where the term genetic caching comes into play.2000 June 5, Cache as cache can (continued under the title WorkFire), InfoWorld, Volume 22, Issue 23, page 60F
    Synonyms:
    hard yards, lifting
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see heavy, lifting.

Questions about heavy-lifting

What is heavy-lifting the alternative form of?
Heavy-lifting is the alternative form of heavy lifting.

Words near heavy-lifting in the dictionary

  1. heavy-heartedly
  2. heavy-heartedness
  3. heavy-hitter
  4. heavy-hitters
  5. heavy-lidded
  6. heavy-lifting
  7. heavy-metal umlaut
  8. heavy-metal umlauts
  9. heavy-set
  10. heavy-tailed
  11. heavy-water

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