"work like a mule" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: works like a mule [present, singular, third-person], working like a mule [participle, present], worked like a mule [participle, past], worked like a mule [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} work like a mule (third-person singular simple present works like a mule, present participle working like a mule, simple past and past participle worked like a mule)
  1. (simile) To work very hard; to toil.
    Sense id: en-work_like_a_mule-en-verb-ipYW9ZtA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for work like a mule meaning in English (1.1kB)

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