heavy lifting

noun

: a burdensome or laborious duty

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Let a password generator do the heavy lifting This is the easier, faster and frankly smarter route. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025 Injury rates are also lower at robotic sites, as bots handle heavy lifting. Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 Below, seven options that do all the heavy lifting for your entertainment system. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2025 As hyaluronic acid does all the heavy lifting in the hydration department, ceramides ensure all the water that their humectant partner draws in stays put. Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heavy lifting

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of heavy lifting was in 1980

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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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