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work hard

verb as in keep one's nose to the grindstone

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Good, caring teachers recognized his talent and challenged him to work hard to compete at the highest levels.

I would like to inspire some people from Africa, and my country, to try and work hard and be a supermodel.

If they work hard enough and long enough, like Springsteen himself, they can also make it to the promised land.

But we recoiled against the idea that the only way to secure them was to work hard enough and long enough to own them.

I said I knew how to create good content, I can spot talent, and I work hard.

They could not be made to work hard: they never would lay out their strength freely, and it was impossible to make them do it.

He worked hard himself, and he was determined that those under him should work hard also.

You must work hard, young sir, while the book of God is still open, and God's message is easily read.

They said, "No idle drone may live among us," and expected every one to work hard.

I can't remember the time when I didn't have to work for my board and keep, and work hard.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to work hard, such as: hammer away/hammer into, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, peg away, plug away, put one's nose to the grindstone, and struggle on.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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