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dead lift
noun
- a direct lifting without any mechanical assistance.
- a situation that requires all one's strength or ingenuity.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dead lift1
First recorded in 1545–55
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Example Sentences
I would avoid exercises that place strain on the lower back, like a bent-over row or dead lift.
From Washington Post
No help-giving virtue had gone out from this household in the last year; it had all been a dead lift.
From Project Gutenberg
The dead lift of the discipline of the mind is liable to be a deadening process.
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But the first dead lift of the thing is too much for them; and they haven't enough financial experience.
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He helps the actors on the stage at a dead lift, and enables them to go forward with spirit and propriety.
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We know that faith is not a dead-lift of the brain, a supreme effort either for God or for ourselves.
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