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daily grind

dai·ly grind
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dey-lee grahynd]
    • /ˈdeɪ li graɪnd/
    • /ˈdeɪli ɡraɪnd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dey-lee grahynd]
    • /ˈdeɪ li graɪnd/

Definitions of daily grind words

  • noun daily grind everyday work routine 1
  • noun daily grind (Idiomatic) The difficult, routine, or monotonous tasks of daily work. 0

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Parts of speech for Daily grind

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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daily grind popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for daily grind

noun daily grind

  • grind — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
  • treadmill — an apparatus for producing rotary motion by the weight of people or animals, treading on a succession of moving steps or a belt that forms a kind of continuous path, as around the periphery of a pair of horizontal cylinders.
  • nine-to-five — of, relating to, or during the workday, especially the hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when offices are characteristically open for business: the nine-to-five grind.
  • squirrel cage — a cage containing a cylindrical framework that is rotated by a squirrel or other small animal running inside of it.

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