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Long and tedious effort involved in gathering basic information
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legwork
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Word definitions for legwork in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I also owed Maggie the courtesy of letting her know I didn't need her to do my legwork any longer. ▪ Meanwhile, consumers will have to do all the legwork that switching banks entails. ▪ The danger is that while you put off the ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort. 2 skillful or vigorous use of the legs, as in dance or sports.
Usage examples of legwork.
Special Branch coppers working under himthey do the surveillance, arrests, all the legwork, that sort of thing.
I kept Brent with Penny and Michaelis looked after Gillian, leaving two to do the legwork.
I told him I recalled the damage to Mrs Kramer's door, and the damage to her head, and that I figured a crowbar was involved, and I told him that as it happened we had a rash of break-ins at military 193 installations all up and down the Eastern seaboard that also seemed to involve crowbars, and I asked him if we could piggy-back on the legwork he was undoubtedly already doing in terms of tracing the Green Valley weapon.
If they’d come upon something remotely resembling a lead, it had fizzled after the first miles of legwork.
A few discreet questions, a little legwork, and you hone in on one.
Where Hazeltine relies on a loyal bootlegger cum gang leader (who owes the attorney his freedom) for counsel and legwork on difficult cases, Mason relies on a loyal private detective.