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uphill work
noun as in long haul
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What desperate uphill work it was to read them, a regular exercise of self-denial every morning!
Forming moral habits is usually uphill work anyway, in that we have instincts to overcome.
This was no easy task; and even now it forms very uphill work indeed.
The Epigoniad, I hope, will do, but it is somewhat uphill work.
We now came in for a spell of really bad weather, which made the uphill work very laborious.
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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to uphill work, such as: hard labor, hard way, hard work, interminability, labor, and long distance.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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