leg ‧ work /ˈleɡwɜːk $ -wɜːrk/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
informal the hard boring work that has to be done in order to achieve something:
He has a team of volunteers who do most of the legwork for him.
leg ‧ work /ˈleɡwɜːk $ -wɜːrk/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
informal the hard boring work that has to be done in order to achieve something:
He has a team of volunteers who do most of the legwork for him.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012