Struggle
Struggle verb - To proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually.
Work hard and struggle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work hard" instead a verb "Struggle".
Nearby Words: struggled, struggling
Work hard
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Part of Terra's growth actually comes from her realization that she is not special and that she has to struggle and work hard to gain anything.
Source: Coming-of-Age Story - This aspect of his character was deconstructed in the eighth-season episode "Homer's Enemy" featuring Frank Grimes, an orphan who had to struggle and work hard all his life just to reach the lower middle class.
Source: Idiot Houdini
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