grind
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Then I would have zero rest time before having to get back to the grind which is a mandatory 200 miles a day, when I don't go anywhere special.
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- transitive verb To crush, pulverize, or reduce to powder by friction, especially by rubbing between two hard surfaces: grind wheat into flour.
- transitive verb To shape, sharpen, or refine with friction: grind a lens.
- transitive verb To rub (two surfaces) together harshly; gnash: grind the teeth.
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- Someone in this agency had an ax to grind, a grandmother's operation to pay for, a farm to save. — Too Many Bosses
- With a final grind, the nose of the sled caught on the vines and it slowed to a halt. — Survivors
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Then I would have zero rest time before having to get back to the grind which is a mandatory 200 miles a day, when I don't go anywhere special.
— wilberteets Diary Entry -
In fact, the grind is almost everything: one's daily job takes up more time that any other part of the twenty-four hour cycle, and certainly more time than any other phase of one's life.
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Yes, the grind is an issue - how many hours did I spend traipsing around the bloody Barrens?
— Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
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- Middle English grinden, from Old English grindan; see ghrendh- in Indo-European roots.
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/ (grīnd)/
ahd pronounces "grind"
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