Idiom
heavy lifting
Meaning
The most demanding part of an endeavour; work requiring the most effort, resources, or consideration.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He does the heavy lifting for our team.”
“While everyone helped with the planning, she did the heavy lifting by writing the entire report.”
“Although the partners shared the initial vision, the junior associate performed the heavy lifting required to secure the necessary funding for the project.”
Examples
simple
“He does the heavy lifting for our team.”
contextual
“While everyone helped with the planning, she did the heavy lifting by writing the entire report.”
complex
“Although the partners shared the initial vision, the junior associate performed the heavy lifting required to secure the necessary funding for the project.”
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