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RELATED WORDS : axle grease elbow elbow bone elbow joint elbow pad elbow room goose grease grease grease cock grease cup grease gun grease monkey grease one's palms grease the palm grease the wheels hair grease human elbow tennis elbow wool grease

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Noun elbow grease has 1 sense

• elbow grease(n = noun.act) effort, exertion, sweat, travail - use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
is a kind of labor, labour, toil
has particulars: struggle, difficulty, trouble, least effort, least resistance, strain, straining, exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout, pull, application, diligence, overkill, supererogation, overexertion, detrition, friction, rubbing

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elbow grease

Friction

N friction, attrition, rubbing, abrasion, scraping, confrication, detrition, contrition, affriction, abrasion, arrosion, limature, frication, rub, elbow grease, rosin, massage, roughness, rolling friction, sliding friction, starting friction, anatriptic, attrite.

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