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put one's shoulder into en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To make a strenuous effort to do (something); to put one's back into (something).
    • Identify a challenge. Put your shoulder into it. Make it go away. Just as it disappears, whoops, here comes another one. It's like a game of whack-a-mole. Trust me, you'll never run out of quarters. 2007 November, Gil Schwartz, “Escape from the job monster”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 122:

Forms

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putting one's shoulder into Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put one's shoulder into Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put one's shoulder into Tense=Past lexicographic
puts one's shoulder into Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

put one's shoulder to the wheel