HEAVY LIFTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heavy lifting mean? 

• HEAVY LIFTING (noun)
  The noun HEAVY LIFTING has 1 sense:

1. difficult work

  Familiarity information: HEAVY LIFTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEAVY LIFTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Difficult work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting

Hypernyms ("heavy lifting" is a kind of...):

work (activity directed toward making or doing something)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 Context examples 

A combination of muscle weakness and straining, such as with heavy lifting, might contribute.

(Hernia, NIH)