"push string uphill" meaning in All languages combined

See push string uphill on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: pushes string uphill [present, singular, third-person], pushing string uphill [participle, present], pushed string uphill [participle, past], pushed string uphill [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} push string uphill (third-person singular simple present pushes string uphill, present participle pushing string uphill, simple past and past participle pushed string uphill)
  1. To perform a difficult and thankless task.
    Sense id: en-push_string_uphill-en-verb-FKwdRdj0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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