"Grunt work" refers to tasks that are repetitive, mundane, and often require physical effort but don't require much skill or creativity.
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- Companies were willing to take on interns as a sort of community service as well as to get some of grunt work done for free. (inc.com)
- Subsisting in poverty and reliant on Ray's many «girlfriends» to provide the rarity of a home - cooked meal, Charley takes a job at the Portland Downs doing grunt work for a low - level horse trainer named Del (Steve Buscemi). (theglobeandmail.com)
- Sure, sometimes internships amount to little more than free grunt work for employers. (inc.com)
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