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Meanings of heavy lifting in English

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Usage of heavy lifting in English
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Its job: heavy lifting in some of the toughest places on Earth.
BBC
2
Henry Booth did a lot of heavy lifting for this security company.
While galileo preys
3
It still doesn't match the heavy lifting they do, but is progress.
Reuters
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They couldn't help with the heavy lifting or nailing down tent pegs.
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow ...
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Your conversational style is required to do a lot more heavy lifting.
The Guardian
6
Well, happily, writer-director Craig Roberts has done the heavy lifting for you.
The Irish Times
7
What was the heavy lifting that I used in this magic trick?
Wired
8
The heavy lifting would be done by armies from beyond the Jagos.
Surrender to the will of the night
9
Gustavo was making me a fortune by doing all the heavy lifting.
The bourne objective
10
But not all the repair work needs to be heavy lifting.
The South African
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And their job duties include heavy lifting and demanding physical labor.
Feminist dot com
12
The services of the future have to do the heavy lifting for you.
Wired
13
That plus he needed someone to help do the heavy lifting.
Acts of nature
14
The West should make help conditional on regional players doing the heavy lifting.
Reuters
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But this first fund could require some heavy lifting to pave the way.
Reuters
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It also relies on others to do the heavy lifting for additional services.
Reuters
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