People use ~ to refer to the strength and energy that you use when doing physical work like rubbing or polishing. (INFORMAL)
It took a considerable amount of polish and ~ before the brass shone like new.
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People use ~ to refer to the strength and energy that you use when doing physical work like rubbing or polishing. (INFORMAL)
It took a considerable amount of polish and ~ before the brass shone like new.
N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012