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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.
It takes grit to push through long hours on a tough assignment.
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.
They used a truck to grit the icy roads.
Lexical Tree
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