keep one's shoulder to the wheel

Questions about keep one's shoulder to the wheel

What is another word for keep one's shoulder to the wheel?

It depends which keep one's shoulder to the wheel you mean. In the sense “work doggedly or persistently”, the synonyms are plug away, peg away, slog, keep one's nose to the grindstone. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of keep one's shoulder to the wheel?

WordNet records no antonym for keep one's shoulder to the wheel. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for keep one's shoulder to the wheel come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of keep one's shoulder to the wheel

• Full entry for keep one's shoulder to the wheelAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for keep one's shoulder to the wheelWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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