put in a great effort

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• put your best foot forward — phrase to start trying hard to behave or work as well as you can Thesaurus: to work hardsynonym Main entry: foot * * * put your best foot forward 1 US : to behave very well so that someone will like you and approve of you …   Useful english dictionary

• put one's back into — To put great effort into • • • Main Entry: ↑back * * * approach (a task) with vigor …   Useful english dictionary

• effort — noun 1 physical/mental energy needed to do sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable ▪ hard ▪ It took a whole day of hard effort to knock down the wall. ▪ constant, sustained ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• effort */*/*/ — UK [ˈefə(r)t] / US [ˈefərt] noun Word forms effort : singular effort plural efforts Metaphor: When you put a lot of effort into doing something, it is like using a part of your body. Does she have the backbone to stand up to them? Or will she… …   English dictionary

• effort*/*/*/ — [ˈefət] noun 1) [C/U] an attempt to do something that is difficult or involves hard work Detectives are talking to other witnesses in an effort to find out more about the girl.[/ex] I ve made an effort to drink less tea and coffee.[/ex] The… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• put up — phrasal verb Word forms put up : present tense I/you/we/they put up he/she/it puts up present participle putting up past tense put up past participle put up 1) [transitive] to build something such as a wall, fence, or house Grants were available… …   English dictionary

• put forth — phrasal Etymology: ME putten forth, fr. putten to put + forth 1. a. : assert, propose has put forth a new theory of the origin of the solar system …   Useful english dictionary

• put one's shoulder to the wheel — {v. phr.} To make a great effort yourself or with others; try hard; cooperate. * /The effort to get a new high school succeeded because everyone put his shoulder to the wheel./ * /The company was failing in business until a new manager put his… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• put one's shoulder to the wheel — {v. phr.} To make a great effort yourself or with others; try hard; cooperate. * /The effort to get a new high school succeeded because everyone put his shoulder to the wheel./ * /The company was failing in business until a new manager put his… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• put\ one's\ shoulder\ to\ the\ wheel — v. phr. To make a great effort yourself or with others; try hard; cooperate. The effort to get a new high school succeeded because everyone put his shoulder to the wheel. The company was failing in business until a new manager put his shoulder to …   Словарь американских идиом

• put up with — patiently accept, endure He makes a great effort to put up with his wife s complaints. (from Idioms in Speech) to bear, to endure, to tolerate If only he could be happy again she could put up with it. (J. Galsworthy) She s my sister. We put up… …   Idioms and examples