make hard work of (English, verb)
expansion: make hard work of (third-person singular simple present makes hard work of, present participle making hard work of, simple past and past participle made hard work of)
Senses:
glosses: To do (something) in a way that makes it more difficult than it needs to be.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To struggle to accomplish something.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: makes hard work of
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: making hard work of
tags: participle
present
form: made hard work of
tags: participle
past
form: made hard work of
tags: past
form: make heavy work of
tags: alternative