Usually means: Persistently work hard on task.
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  1. grind out: Merriam-Webster
  2. grind out: Vocabulary.com
  3. grind out: Wiktionary
  4. grind out: Dictionary.com
  5. grind out: Rhymezone
  6. grind out: FreeDictionary.org
  7. grind out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. grind out: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. grind out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. grind out: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (grind out)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To produce in a laborious and formulaic manner.

Similar:
crank out, grind, churn out, work into the ground, grobble, make hard work of, grind one's gears, slog, grist, work one's guts out, more...

Opposite:
coast, relax, take it easy, unwind, chill

Types:
toil, drudge, plod, trudge, slave, exert, struggle, drag, more...

Adjectives:
try, crank, undercut, lap, cut, ratchet, lash, walt, trim, backswept, clean

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Similar:
crank out, grind, churn out, work into the ground, grobble, make hard work of, grind one's gears, slog, grist, work one's guts out, more...

Opposite:
coast, relax, take it easy, unwind, chill

Types:
toil, drudge, plod, trudge, slave, exert, struggle, drag, more...

Adjectives:
try, crank, undercut, lap, cut, ratchet, lash, walt, trim, backswept, clean



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