"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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pushed string uphill",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pushed string uphill",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "push string uphill (third-person singular simple present pushes string uphill, present participle pushing string uphill, simple past and past participle pushed string uphill)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform a difficult and thankless task."
      ],
      "id": "en-push_string_uphill-en-verb-FKwdRdj0",
      "links": [
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "thankless",
          "thankless"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "push string uphill"
}

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    {
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pushing string uphill",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pushed string uphill",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pushed string uphill",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "head_templates": [
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      },
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    }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To perform a difficult and thankless task."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "thankless",
          "thankless"
        ],
        [
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          "task"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "push string uphill"
}

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