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dead lift

noun

a direct lifting without any mechanical assistance.
a situation that requires all one's strength or ingenuity.

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Origin of dead lift

First recorded in 1545–55

Words nearby dead lift

dead key, dead languages, dead leg, dead letter, dead letter box, dead lift, deadlight, deadline, dead load, deadlock, dead loss
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Example sentences from the Web for dead lift

  • We know that faith is not a dead-lift of the brain, a supreme effort either for God or for ourselves.

    The Lost Art of Reading|Gerald Stanley Lee