laboring oar
An oar that is worked with great effort.
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(chiefly, US, figurative, by extension) The part of a task that requires the greatest effort to achieve.
: And so too, when new issues demanding new policy calls come up within that scheme, Congress presumably wants the same agency, rather than any court, to take the laboring oar.
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An oar that is worked with great effort.
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The act of one who labors; toil; work done.
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The act of one who labours; toil; work done.
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The British English spelling of 'laboring' — meaning performing hard physical work, or the act of working strenuously. As a noun, 'labouring' refers to the activity of manual work itself. In the context of skilled trades, 'labouring' can also refer to general unskilled physical assistance on a worksite. The '-our' spelling is standard in UK, Australian, and New Zealand English.
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(Commonwealth spelling, Canadian) : physically demanding work done by hand.