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🔥 Actions & Effort

Idioms about work, effort, and taking action.

408 idioms in this category

break _ back

to exert oneself greatly to achieve a goal

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break the back of

to tackle and finish the most challenging part of a task

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break your back

to work extremely hard or put in a lot of effort

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bring to knees

to completely defeat or subdue someone or something

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bring your A game

to perform at your best level

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burn _ midnight oil

to work late into the night, often studying or completing tasks

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burn candles at both ends

to exhaust oneself by overworking or staying up late

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burn rubber

to accelerate quickly in a vehicle, often causing tire marks

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burn the candle at both the ends

to deplete one's energy by overworking or staying up late

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bust a move

to take a bold action, especially in dance or performance

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by dint of

through effort or means

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by leaps and bounds

to make significant and rapid progress

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