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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 is an idiom for manual labour and the process of working hard to accomplish an objective. It is a figure of speech for indicating that nothing other than one's own labour is required for a task, capable of being used in a humorous way. Oxford Languages defines “elbow grease” as “hard physical work, especially vigorous polishing or cleaning”. Wikipedia