put one's back into
Etymology
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Etymology
From the literal action of straining with one's whole body to push a heavy object.
Verbput one's back into (third-person singular simple present puts one's back into, present participle putting one's back into, simple past and past participle put one's back into)
- (idiomatic) Synonym of strive: to apply oneself.
- When he puts his back into the work, he gets quite a lot done.
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