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puts one's shoulder into

puts one's shoulder into is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put one's shoulder into.

Meaning of put one's shoulder into

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

Questions about puts one's shoulder into

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Puts one's shoulder into is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put one's shoulder into.

Words near puts one's shoulder into in the dictionary

  1. puts one's name in the hat
  2. puts one's oar in
  3. puts one's own oxygen mask on first
  4. puts one's oxygen mask on first
  5. puts one's pants on one leg at a time
  6. puts one's shoulder into
  7. puts one's shoulder to the wheel
  8. puts one's stamp
  9. puts one's whole pussy into
  10. puts oneself about
  11. puts oneself across

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