making an effort
Putting in work
Making an effort is trying to accomplish something, especially when it requires energy or determination you might not feel like expending.
The phrase often appears when someone could coast but chooses not to: She's really making an effort to connect with her stepchildren.
It can also note minimal compliance: At least he's making an effort.
- tryingCausing strain or frustration
- striveMake sustained effort
- laboringWorking strenuously
- attemptingMaking an effort toward
- perseveringMaintaining effort despite difficulty
endeavor · stamina · exertion · hard work · toiling · resilience · endurance · persistence · pushing through · willpower · hustle · determination · grinding · nose to the grindstone · grit · struggle · focus · industriousness
making an effortdoing nothing
Absence of activity
slacking off · coasting · loafing · taking it easy · going through the motions
making an effortgiving up
Choosing to stop trying
quitting · surrendering · abandoning · throwing in the towel · capitulating
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