shoe-leather tactic
- noun
- /ˈʃuːˌlɛðər ˈtæktɪk/
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táctica de esfuerzo físico
- Her campaign relied heavily on shoe-leather tactics to reach every neighborhood in the district.
Examples
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Journalists frequently use shoe-leather tactics to uncover stories that aren't available online.
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Building trust with voters often requires shoe-leather tactics like meeting them face to face.
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The team used a shoe-leather tactic to gather information.
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Many politicians rely on shoe-leather tactics during campaigns.
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Building trust with voters often requires shoe-leather tactics like meeting them face to face.
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Her campaign relied heavily on shoe-leather tactics to reach every neighborhood in the district.
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Journalists frequently use shoe-leather tactics to uncover stories that aren't available online.
Synonyms
Hard, persistent work that involves walking, like going door to door
How In-Person
271
1.6
26
5.5
95
1.0
118
4.6
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5.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
shoe-leather + tactic
The element 'shoe-leather' is a conventionalized metaphor: its literal parts ('shoe' + 'leather') evoke footwear and by extension walking or wearing out shoes, so combined with 'tactic' a learner could infer a tactic involving physical effort or walking. However, the specific conventional sense of in-person canvassing or door-to-door investigation is idiomatic and not fully predictable from the parts for an average B1 learner, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The phrase shoe-leather tactic comes from the picture of worn shoe leather after someone walks many miles to meet people. So it means a way of working that uses 'visits' and meeting people face to face instead of doing things from a desk.