push string uphill

English

Verb

push string uphill (third-person singular simple present pushes string uphill, present participle pushing string uphill, simple past and past participle pushed string uphill)

  1. To perform a difficult and thankless task.

Usage notes
  • Usually in the present participial form, e.g. "it was like pushing string uphill".
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