ALL meanings of put one's shoulder to the wheel
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P p - noun put one's shoulder to the wheel the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel Usually, shoulders. these two parts together with the part of the back joining them. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel a corresponding part in animals. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel the upper foreleg and adjoining parts of a sheep, goat, etc. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel the joint connecting the arm or the foreleg with the trunk. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel a shoulderlike part or projection. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel Ornithology. the bend of a bird's wing, between the hand and the forearm, especially when distinctively colored, as in the red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel a cut of meat that includes the upper joint of the foreleg. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel Often, shoulders. Informal. capacity for bearing responsibility or blame or sympathizing with other people: If you want to tell me your troubles, I have broad shoulders. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel a steplike change in the contour of an object, as for opposing or limiting motion along it or for an abutment. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel Carpentry. the end surface or surfaces of a piece from which a tenon or tenons project. an inclined and raised surface, as on a joggle post, for receiving and supporting the foot of a strut or the like. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel Fortification. the angle of a bastion between the face and the flank. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel Printing. the flat surface on a type body extending beyond the base of the letter or character. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel the part of a garment that covers, or fits over, the shoulder. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel (in leather manufacturing) that part of the hide anterior to the butt. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel either of the two edges or borders along a road, especially that portion on which vehicles can be parked in emergencies. Compare soft shoulder. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel shoulder season. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel Furniture. knee (def 6). 1
- verb with object put one's shoulder to the wheel to push with or as if with the shoulder, especially roughly: to shoulder someone aside. 1
- verb with object put one's shoulder to the wheel to take upon, support, or carry on or as if on the shoulder or shoulders: He shouldered his knapsack and walked on. 1
- verb with object put one's shoulder to the wheel to assume as a responsibility: to shoulder the expense. 1
- verb without object put one's shoulder to the wheel to push with or as if with the shoulder: to shoulder through a crowd. 1
- idioms put one's shoulder to the wheel cry on someone's shoulder, to reveal one's problems to another person in order to obtain sympathy: Don't cry on my shoulder—this mess is your own fault. 1
- idioms put one's shoulder to the wheel put one's shoulder to the wheel, to work energetically toward a goal; put forth effort: If we put our shoulders to the wheel, we'll be able to finish the job soon. 1
- idioms put one's shoulder to the wheel rub shoulders with, to come into association with; mingle with: As a social worker in one of the worst slum areas, she rubs shoulders with the poor and the helpless. 1
- idioms put one's shoulder to the wheel shoulder arms, Military. to place a rifle muzzle upward on the right or left shoulder, with the buttstock in the corresponding hand. the command to shoulder arms. 1
- idioms put one's shoulder to the wheel shoulder to shoulder, side by side; with united effort: The volunteers worked shoulder to shoulder with the natives in harvesting the crops. 1
- idioms put one's shoulder to the wheel straight from the shoulder, without evasion; directly; candidly: The lawyer told him straight from the shoulder that his case was weak. 1
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel to work very hard 0
- noun put one's shoulder to the wheel to set to work vigorously; put forth vigorous effort 0