Heavy-lifting definition

Serious or difficult work.

Credited her for doing all the heavy lifting on the project.

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(informal) That portion of a task or job regarded as especially strenuous, burdensome, difficult, etc.
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(idiomatic) The most demanding part of an endeavour; work requiring the most effort, resources, or consideration.
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Alternative form of heavy lifting.
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Heavy-lifting Sentence Examples

  • Get someone else to do heavy lifting and avoid strenuous exertion in general.

  • Some of these jobs e.g. hospital porter involve heavy lifting which he now cannot do.

  • W Hailes 00 1024 x 768 108K Heavy lifting gear continues the work of reinstating the canal along Hailesland Road near Walker 's Wynd.

  • The ancient Romans also used large dogs that resembled Boxers to do a lot of heavy lifting and pulling for them.

  • Based on the information available, it seems that both the Droid X and the iPhone 4 are equally capable of handling a lot of heavy lifting.

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