back breaker

noun

Meaning

A task or activity that requires extreme physical exertion or is overwhelmingly difficult to endure.

Examples

Digging the garden by hand all afternoon proved to be a total back breaker.
The manager assigned us a back breaker of a project that required working through the entire weekend.

Synonyms: hard, tough, grueling, arduous

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back breaker

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌbreɪkər/

Definition

A task or activity that requires extreme physical exertion or is overwhelmingly difficult to endure.

Examples

Digging the garden by hand all afternoon proved to be a total back breaker.
The manager assigned us a back breaker of a project that required working through the entire weekend.
Moving that antique piano alone was a real back breaker that left him sore for days.

Synonyms of back breaker

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