Strain synonyms | phrases

Phrases with similar meaning for Strain

• nervous strain
• mental strain
• nervous tension

  stress
• exert oneself
• make every effort

  struggle
• elbow grease

  work
• push to the limit

  stretch, overtax
• draw tight

  stretch
• go for broke

  work very hard, strive
• melodic line
• bust a gut

  strive, pull out all the stops
• line of descent
• try hard
• work hard

  struggle
• melodic phrase
• pull out all the stops
• make an effort
• family tree
• pressure of work

  exhaustion
• drive too far

  overtax
• try very hard

  struggle
• push oneself to the limit

  struggle
• drive oneself to the limit

  struggle
• be too much for

  make severe demands on
• hard work
• nit-pick
• apply oneself
• pins and needles
• hem and haw
• cold feet
• full force
• spare no effort
• strain every nerve
• strain oneself
• ball and chain
• give a hard time
• strong-arm
• make taut
• make tense
• push oneself
• blood line
• make a great effort
• ethnic group
• make a supreme effort
• stress and strain
• stretch a point
• blood relation

  kinship
• over-exert

  sprain, exhaust
• hurt oneself

  wrench
• go beyond