hard yards
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pl n
a great deal of effort or hard work, esp in playing a sportDallaglio's ability to make the hard yards and cross the gain line
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Words nearby hard yards
hardwiring, hardwood, hardworking, hardy, hardy ageratum, hard yards, Hardy-Weinberg law, hare, hare and hounds, harebell, harebrained
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How to use hard yards in a sentence
Treasury Secretary Geithner has done more hard yards on China than Secretary of State Clinton.