idiom
in the trenches
in thuh TREN-chez
ɪn ðə ˈtrɛntʃɪzListen
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Syllable breakdown
inthetrenches
Dictionary meaning
Doing difficult, demanding work at the front line of operations.
Examples
- While management planned the strategy, it was the engineers in the trenches who built the product.
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