Use of physical or mental energy; hard work.
1After searching fruitlessly for elbow grease, I asked the salesclerk for help.
2Grillbot Grillbot will scrape your grill clean without any elbow grease required.
3Someone had expended untold hours of elbow grease on the wax finish.
4With some elbow grease and hacks, Kirkpatrick was able to answer their questions.
5The Weirs are right; that gorgeous granular texture takes elbow grease.
6Although they do require elbow grease, the challenge also provides a satisfying reward.
7With great difficulty and a fair bit of, ahem, elbow grease.
8Turning the vaka takes a bit of elbow grease and teamwork.
9A little more soap and elbow grease, the women said, was the secret.
10This little steel-brushed robot takes the elbow grease out of cleaning the barbecue.
11It takes a lot of elbow grease, she says, and it's dirty work.
12He's a great believer in work and elbow grease and such, is Mr. Callow.
13She wondered what her floors would look like with a bit of elbow grease.
14But with a little elbow grease that picture would clarify.
15Put a lot more elbow grease into those oars, Max.
16The best projects are the ones that take the most elbow grease to get made.
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