not do a stroke (of work)



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not do a stroke (of work)

To not do any work at all. Now that Jim's retired, he just spends all day on the couch watching television. He won't do a stroke of work around the house! I'm going to have a long night ahead with this term paper, as I haven't done a stroke up till now.
See also: not, stroke

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ReadREEDEnglish (Rare)
Akulina-Russian
Dareia-Late Greek
Donatado-NAH-tah (Italian)Italian, Late Roman
Franc-Slovene
Aristidesah-ree-STEE-dhes (Spanish), ə-reesh-TEE-dəsh (Portuguese), ə-reesh-CHEE-jəsh (Brazilian Portuguese)Ancient Greek (Latinized), Spanish, Portuguese