heavy lifting

n. Informal

Serious or difficult work: credited her for doing all the heavy lifting on the project.

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Noun

heavy lifting - difficult work; "the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting"

work - activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"

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

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