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- Dictionaryel·bow grease/ˈelbō ˌɡrēs/
noun
- 1. hard physical work, especially vigorous polishing or cleaning: informal "you should be able to get the rust off with a wire brush and elbow grease"
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Elbow grease or literally Elbow oil in French is an idiom for working hard at manual labour. It is a figure of speech for humorously indicating nothing else but manual work is required. It is sometimes reported in the form of a snipe hunt, a prank where an apprentice or recruit is sent on an errand to retrieve "elbow grease" by their supervisor. Wikipedia