Nose-to-the-grindstone Definition

adverb

(idiomatic) Hard at work.

Nose to the grindstone, he was up all night.

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noun

(idiomatic, after keep, put, have, hold (one's)) used for form idioms meaning "to work hard, or focus heavily on work."

If he'd keep his nose to the grindstone a bit more, he could be a pretty good student.

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Other Word Forms of Nose-to-the-grindstone

Singular:

nose-to-the-grindstone

Plural:

noses to the grindstone, noses to grindstones

First attested 1532, from John Frith's A Mirror to know Thyself:

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