"laboring oar" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: laboring oars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} laboring oar (plural laboring oars)
  1. An oar that is worked with great effort. Synonyms: labouring oar [UK]
    Sense id: en-laboring_oar-en-noun-5AApENxt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32
  2. (chiefly US, figurative, by extension) The part of a task that requires the greatest effort to achieve. Tags: US, broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-laboring_oar-en-noun-6REQ7kWL Categories (other): American English

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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