deadlift

Pluraldeadlifts

Formsdeadlifts, deadlifting, deadlifted

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A strength exercise where you lift a heavy bar off the floor until you stand up straight.

   Like picking a heavy box up off the floor and standing up straight with it.

   The coach showed us how to do a safe deadlift.

   Her deadlift improved by fifty pounds over the summer.

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2. 2
   verbtransitive

   To lift a heavy bar off the floor by straightening your body from a bent-over position.

   Like bending down to grab a heavy bag and standing up tall with it.

   She can deadlift twice her own body weight.

   He deadlifts heavier weights than anyone else at the gym.

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A lift of something heavy using only your own strength, with no tools or machines to help.

   Like lifting a heavy table all by yourself with no one to help.

   Getting the piano up the stairs was a real deadlift.

   With no pulley around, raising the steel beam became a pure deadlift.

   Similarheave

4. 4
   nounfigurativelycountable

   A hard effort made when things seem hopeless or stacked against you.

   Like trying to push a stalled car uphill all by yourself.

   Finishing the report on time was a deadlift after she lost half her notes.

   Turning the failing shop around proved a real deadlift.

   Similarslog, struggle, grind, ordeal

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