The phrase
"hard yards" refers to the difficult and challenging effort or work that is required to achieve a goal or success.
Full definition
Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«hard»
«yards»
Sentences with «hard yards»
- No judgement was implied — just a simple wish for happiness and an acknowledgement that early parenthood can be hard yards along with all the joys. (doinggreatbaby.com)
- Plus TeCo has one flaw in his game that Free doesn't, he has shown the ability to grind out hard yards on inside runs. (sbnation.com)
- Long story short, she advised those women to go out and make their own mark on the world, they didn't have to take her place, go out, do a few hard yards, get rolled a few times, get back up, dust yourself off and do it again. (croakey.org)
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