| 单词 | do the spadework |
| 释义 | do the spadeworkMake the preliminary preparations or do the preliminary research for something. For example, The department head did all the spadework for this agreement. This expression transfers the heavy spading required to prepare for planting to other kinds of preparation. [c. 1900] Words nearby do the spadeworkdot etching, doth, Dothan, do the dishes, do the honors, do the spadework, do the trick, do time, doting, dot matrix, dot-matrix printer The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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