heavy lifting

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

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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

heavy lifting

Any serious, difficult, or arduous work or activities. I'm only the assistant manager, but I'm the one who does all the heavy lifting in the company. Trailing in the polls, the candidate is going to have to do some very heavy lifting if she is to have a hope of winning the election.See also: heavy, lift

heavy lifting

(1) Slang for difficult research and development (R&D). It may refer to challenging technical research for a new electronic product, or it may refer to the actual development of the product.

(2) Slang for intensive processing. For example, it may refer to computations such as decoding an HD video signal or to a particular part of a program that contains the most sophisticated logic.

heavy lifting

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