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put one's shoulder into

put one's shoulder into verb: to make a strenuous effort to do (something); to put one's back into (something).

Verb

put one's shoulder into (third-person singular simple present puts one's shoulder into, present participle putting one's shoulder into, simple past and past participle put one's shoulder into)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To make a strenuous effort to do (something); to put one's back into (something).
    • Identify a challenge. Put your shoulder into it. Make it go away. Just as it disappears, whoops, here comes another one. It's like a game of whack-a-mole. Trust me, you'll never run out of quarters.2007 November, Gil Schwartz, “Escape from the job monster”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 122

Forms of put one's shoulder into

third-person singular presentputs one's shoulder into
present participleputting one's shoulder into
past participleput one's shoulder into
pastput one's shoulder into

Questions about put one's shoulder into

What does put one's shoulder into mean?
Put one's shoulder into means to make a strenuous effort to do (something); to put one's back into (something).
What part of speech is put one's shoulder into?
Put one's shoulder into is a verb.
What is the past tense of put one's shoulder into?
The past tense of put one's shoulder into is put one's shoulder into.

Words near put one's shoulder into in the dictionary

  1. put one's oar in
  2. put one's own oxygen mask on first
  3. put one's oxygen mask on first
  4. put one's pants on one leg at a time
  5. put one's pride in one's pocket
  6. put one's shoulder into
  7. put one's shoulder to the wheel
  8. put one's stamp
  9. put one's toe in the water
  10. put one's trousers on one leg at a time
  11. put one's whole pussy into

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