Might mean (unverified): Struggle unnecessarily with a task.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (make hard work of)

verb:  (idiomatic) To do (something) in a way that makes it more difficult than it needs to be.
verb:  (idiomatic) To struggle to accomplish something.

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