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Work preparing or laying the ground for something that is planned to come later.
preliminary
groundwork
preparatory measure
preparatory work
1
All I'm asking right now is for you to do some
spadework
.
2
Because magic, like leadership, is one-tenth genius and nine-tenths
spadework
.
3
The
spadework
was all done by the medical staff of the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration.
4
But the actual
spadework
was a mere empty form.
5
Promoters are going to have to do some
spadework
now and actually promote the show.
6
The BBC's intellectual
spadework
is still done mainly by men of a similar outlook and type.
7
To my surprise, Cavallo's pledge to devote her free time to
spadework
on Salazar pays quick dividends.
8
You'll have to do the
spadework
,
Watkins.
9
And even if you break up terror cells by other means, give public credit to your online
spadework
.
10
But the preliminary
spadework
depends heavily on human rights organisations and volunteers -and it's almost always dangerous.
11
Now that you're panicked about the business, consider too that the show has some hard storytelling
spadework
ahead.
12
Preliminary
spadework
must be put in.
13
He also lobbies for a body to do the research and argument preparation
spadework
to bolster the pro-union case.
14
While Edward works on that, the rest of us need to concentrate on the
spadework
to prepare public opinion.
15
Peter tended to do the
spadework
and Cloughie came into deals right at the end with the impact thing.
16
Just long enough-forBerry to pitch in and capitalize on her own earlier
spadework
to settle it all down.
spadework
do some spadework
preliminary spadework
actual spadework
design for spadework
earlier spadework