English Explanatory Dictionary

in the trenches

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. Working or operating in the most active and difficult parts of a job or business.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, the, trenches: on the front lines of trench warfare.

Word forms

in the trenches

Synonyms

in the thick of it

Related words

trench broom trench foot trench knife trench mouth
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