a long row

  • 1long row to hoe —    A difficult task, assignment or undertaking that will take a long time isa long row to hoe.     Getting through medical school is going to be a long row to hoe …

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  • 2long row to hoe — noun A difficult or arduous task. Raising three kids by himself is going to be a long row to hoe …

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  • 3a long row to hoe — Something that is a long row to hoe is a difficult task that takes a long time …

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  • 4long row to hoe — difficult task …

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  • 5row — row1 [rō] n. [ME rowe < OE ræw, akin to Ger reihe < IE base * rei , to tear, split > RIVE, REAP] 1. a number of people or things arranged so as to form a line, esp. a straight line 2. any of a series of such horizontal lines in parallel …

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  • 6row — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bottom, middle, top ▪ back, front ▪ first, second, etc …

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  • 7row — 01. The front [row] of spectators got totally soaked when the whale leaped out of the water in front of them. 02. We planted three [rows] of corn in the garden. 03. We were seated in the third [row] at the concert, so we could see everything… …

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  • 8row — row1 /roh/, n. 1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, esp. a straight line: a row of apple trees. 2. a line of persons or things so arranged: The petitioners waited in a row. 3. a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a… …

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  • 9row — I. /roʊ / (say roh) noun 1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line. 2. a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a theatre. 3. a street, especially a narrow one, formed by two continuous lines of… …

  • 10Row —    ROW, a parish, in the county of Dumbarton, 12 miles (W. N. W.) from Dumbarton; containing, with nearly the whole of the late quoad sacra parish of Helensburgh, and the villages of Gareloch Head and Row, 3717 inhabitants, of whom 226 are in the …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland