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Meaning of laboring oar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An oar that is worked with great effort.
  2. The part of a task that requires the greatest effort to achieve.
    US, broadly, figuratively

Examples

“And so too, when new issues demanding new policy calls come up within that scheme, Congress presumably wants the same agency, rather than any court, to take the laboring oar.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

laboriosity Laborious Laboriously Laboriousness laborist laborite

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