Usually means: Facing a very difficult task.
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  1. have one's work cut out: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. have one's work cut out, have one's work cut out: Collins English Dictionary
  3. have one's work cut out: Wiktionary
  4. have one's work cut out: Dictionary.com
  5. Have one's work cut out: World Wide Words

Definitions from Wiktionary (Have one's work cut out)

verb:  Alternative form of have one's work cut out for one [(idiomatic) To face a large task or project.]


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