hard yards
(originally, Australia) The key effort in completing a difficult task.
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(originally, Australia) The key effort in completing a difficult task.
As with coupons and vouchers, there is seemingly no end to the opportunities that exist to improve a Web site's traffic flow by giving something away for nothing—as long as users are prepared to put in the hard yards, of course.
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