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- do the hard way
do the hard way
do something the hard way
to accomplish something in the most difficult manner, rather than by an easier way. I made it to this job the hard way. I came up through the ranks. She did it the hard way. She had no help from her parents.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Wyot | | - | Medieval English |
| Jerzy | | YE-zhi | Polish |
| Yiftach | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Luz | | LOOTH (Spanish), LOOS (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |
| Calogero | | kah-lo-JE-ro | Italian |
| Jaylen | | JAY-lən (American), JAY-lin (English) | African American (Modern), English (Modern) |