the sweat of (one's) brow

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the sweat of (one's) brow

One's own personal efforts or hard work. It's due to the sweat of my father's brow that a barren, fallow little plot of land was transformed into the flourishing farm you see today. This pair of entrepreneurs has created a billion-dollar company by the sweat of their brows.
See also: brow, of, sweat

sweat of (one's) brow

Hard work: landscaped the yard by the sweat of my brow.
See also: brow, of, sweat
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The poor human creature has given the sweat of his brow to extort from an ungrateful soil his daily bread; and now he eats that well-savoured bread in silent self-respect.
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Growth in his company has been through the sweat of his brow and his winning personality, always willing to go the extra mile to get the mission accomplished.
Gene's home services is all about family
Him Indoors built it with the sweat of his brow and a lot of Portland stone.
Wringing money from the hygienic
Carragher isthe country's outstanding illustration of a footballer who has hauled his way to the very top by the sweat of his brow.
Len Capeling: Reds' role model deserves an apology
Banished from Paradise, poor Adam had henceforth to toil in the sweat of his brow.
Pandora's Box
For example, since God has given to man the right to acquire and to control property "by the sweat of his brow," it follows that properly constituted government must protect that right.
One nation under God: the supremacy of God as Creator, Lawgiver, and Source of individual rights is at the center of our nation's vision of liberty under law. (Cover Story: Pledge of Allegiance)
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