noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
keep your nose to the grindstone
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the distillery, workers mash agave plants with a huge grindstone drawn around a deep circular pit by an ancient tractor.
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He feels as much sympathy for these victims as he does for slaves who died centuries earlier turning some tyrant's grindstone .
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I believed the drill instructor was hard core, nose to the grindstone , always screaming and shouting.
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Jim had decided he was going to keep his nose to the grindstone and avoid confrontations at work.
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Now is the time for the golfer from Welwyn Garden City to put his nose to the grindstone once more.
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Remind me not to be caught with my nose to the grindstone for too long.
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The primary bevels were ground back and feathered away on the grindstone , taking care not to overheat and destroy the temper.
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This grindstone bubble fountain makes an attractive incidental feature in this narrow border and is not difficult to make.