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81concerted — con|cert|ed [kənˈsə:tıd US ə:r ] adj [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: concert to do together or by agreement (16 21 centuries), from French concerter, from Old Italian concertare, from Latin, to fight, compete , from com ( COM ) + certare to make great… …
82bust one's buns — vb American to exhaust oneself by working, to make great efforts. Buns in this expression means the buttocks, and the phrase is roughly equivalent to the British work one s arse off …
83hustle — 1) vb a. to work as a prostitute, solicit sexual clients b. to importune, pressurise, take advantage of (someone) c. to make great efforts (often selfishly) All senses of the word (introduced from the USA into other areas in the mid 1960s) derive …
84jump through hoops — If you are prepared to jump through hoops for someone, you are prepared to make great efforts and sacrifices for them. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
85strive — verb (past strove or strived; past participle striven or strived) make great efforts. ↘(strive against) fight vigorously against. Derivatives striver noun Origin ME: shortening of OFr. estriver; related to estrif strife …
86jump through hoops — If you are prepared to jump through hoops for someone, you are prepared to make great efforts and sacrifices for them …
87Jump through hoops — If you are prepared to jump through hoops for someone, you are prepared to make great efforts and sacrifices for them …
88sell — /sel/ noun an act of selling ♦ to give a product the hard sell to make great efforts to persuade customers to buy it ■ verb 1. to give goods in exchange for money ● to sell something on credit ● The shop sells washing machines and refrigerators.… …
89strive — ► VERB (past strove or strived; past part. striven or strived) 1) make great efforts. 2) (strive against) fight vigorously against. DERIVATIVES striver noun …
90striver — strive ► VERB (past strove or strived; past part. striven or strived) 1) make great efforts. 2) (strive against) fight vigorously against. DERIVATIVES striver noun …
