legwork
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈlɛɡˌwɜrk/
:
trabajo de campo
- She did the legwork to gather information for the report, saving everyone a lot of time.
They do the legwork, you know, they prove it.
- They do the legwork, you know, they prove it.
- I've done the legwork, but I still have a question.
- But often times you're also doing a lot of legwork, you know, and no, it's much more important to get a manager.
- And and like you said there, there's small local, I haven't put the legwork in to even find the local.
- But literally this man, it's chilling Jesus while you doing all the legwork.
- Yeah Is worrying after doing like that amount of legwork?
Examples
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Kawa said it takes a lot of legwork to accomplish a project this large.
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Use the wisdom, knowledge and legwork of other people to further your own cause.
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We did the legwork, we made the calls.
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Got to test them unless someone else in your area has done the legwork already.
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I could save the police a lot of legwork.
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Artists these days have to put in their own legwork before a label even gives them a release date.
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To create a flesh-and-blood character, you need to do some legwork before you even start writing.
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Within the enterprise, there is typically a lot of legwork needed to make good data clean, available, and well-defined.
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Nanny placement agencies take the legwork out of finding a nanny.
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The actual legwork was done by a whole team of people and under Jen and Todd's incredible stewardship.
Synonyms
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1.6
A lot of steady effort to achieve something difficult
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3.8
Work done first to make something possible
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6.8
Tasks done first, often boring, to prepare and support a larger project
Antonyms
How Hands-On
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word legwork joins leg and work, imagining the legs 'doing the job' by walking around to gather facts or run errands. So, legwork now means the practical, often tiring travel and effort you do to prepare for something or to find out more.