hired muscle
Person who is hired or asked to perform tasks or duties requiring physical strengthPerson who is hired or asked to perform tasks or duties requiring physical strength.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, uncountable, usually)Person who is hired or asked to perform tasks or duties requiring physical strength.
He used a hired muscle to remove the unruly from the audience.
They were often hired muscle during labor strikes.
Forms
plural: hired muscles| Singular | hired muscle |
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uncountable
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.