Usually means: Performing physically or mentally demanding tasks.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. heavy lifting: Merriam-Webster
  2. heavy lifting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heavy lifting: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. heavy lifting: Vocabulary.com
  5. heavy-lifting: Wordnik
  6. heavy-lifting, heavy lifting: Wiktionary
  7. heavy lifting: Dictionary.com
  8. heavy lifting: Rhymezone
  9. heavy lifting: FreeDictionary.org
  10. heavy lifting: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. heavy lifting: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BuzzWhack (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. heavy lifting: Netlingo

Definitions from Wiktionary (heavy lifting)

noun:  (idiomatic) The most demanding part of an endeavour; work requiring the most effort, resources, or consideration.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see heavy, lifting.

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