Meaning of uphill battle | Babel Free

Definitions

A highly difficult task or problem that requires a great amount of effort and determination.

idiomatic

Examples

“I would argue that flight attendants had a greater uphill battle in establishing their job as a profession, experience more disorienting time and space patterns, juggle a larger number of sometimes conflicting roles, and have a greater sense of occupational identity than any other group of women workers.”

““It is an uphill battle,” said Dr. Uzma Syed, an infectious disease specialist in Jericho, N.Y., on Long Island, who for months has been giving vaccine education talks to national and international groups.”

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