heavy liftingn.

1850 C. J. Hempel tr. G. H. G. Jahr Pocket Dict. & Concordance Homœopathic Pract. 305 Dyspepsia in consequence of external injuries: a blow on the stomach, heavy lifting, strain, &c.

1915 N.Y. Times 11 Oct. 20/2 Dimitrius Tofalos, the Greek athlete, actor, and holder for the world's record for heavy lifting.

1951 P. W. Tappan Contemp. Correction vii. 97 A man with a hernia should not be employed at work requiring heavy lifting.

2002 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 27 Nov. The heavy lifting was accomplished with the help of two robot arms... The crews used the cranes to hoist the 14-ton girder from the shuttle's payload bay and position it on the space station.

1934 N.Y. Times 19 Mar. 24/6 Gordon Stanley Cochrane (Mickey himself) has been added as catcher and manager... Cochrane is the boss now and he can do the brain work and let his hired men do the heavy lifting if he feels so inclined. But he says he will catch 125 games. He never was afraid of work.

1964 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 15 Nov. (1970) 201 Ed Weiss..has been our adviser through the years when, as Lyndon says, we needed to do some ‘heavy lifting’.

1991 Christian Sci. Monitor 29 Oct. 17 Prayer..does include facing sin in our thought, and that requires effort. That's what I mean by ‘heavy lifting’.

2001 N.Y. Mag. 10 Sept. 112/1 When an author quotes from Camus, Nietzsche, Milton, and a black gospel tune in the ten-page prologue alone, you know you're in for some intellectual heavy-lifting.