toil

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hard work, especially work that makes you feel physically tired:

Lindi has achieved her comfortable life only after years of hard toil.

humorous Well, after a day's toil in the office I like to relax a little.

to work hard:

Farm workers have been toiling in the 100-degree heat over the past week.

After toiling away at work all week, it's good to relax.

to move in a particular direction, slowly and with great effort:

I was toiling up the hill with four heavy bags when he took pity on me.

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In this section, the company's TOIL policy is described.

hard and tiring work:

He rested from the backbreaking toil of putting in fences.

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