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Phrase(s): toil for something
1. to work toward a particular goal or ideal. • I am willing to toil for something I believe in. • She spent the afternoon toiling for her favorite charity. 2. to work for a certain rate of pay. • It’s hard to toil for slave’s wages. • Do you expect me to toil endlessly for such low pay?, Phrase(s): toil for someone
1. to work on behalf of someone or for someone’s benefit. • I don’t mind toiling for her as long as she thanks me. • I don’t know why I toil for you. You are totally ungrateful. 2. to do someone else’s work. • I don’t know why I should have to toil for you. Do your own work! • I won’t toil for him. He can do his own work.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs