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Grit
01
courage, toughness, and perseverance over time in the face of challenges
Idiom
Examples
She showed real grit during the demanding project.
02
a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
to grit
01
clench together
02
to scatter small, rough particles like sand or salt on a road to make it less slippery and melt ice
Examples
The workers gritted the roads before the snowstorm.
Lexical Tree
gritty
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