[
UK
/spˈeɪdwɜːk/
]
[ US /ˈspeɪdˌwɝk/ ]
[ US /ˈspeɪdˌwɝk/ ]
NOUN
- dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking
How To Use spadework In A Sentence
- States that do the necessary spadework can hope for sufficient foreign direct investment.
- Alternatively, a good mortgage broker will do the spadework for you - just remember to choose one that doesn't charge brokerage fees.
- It may well turn out to be a stinker anyway, but at least its leading actor has put in a bit of spadework.
- If Moore had been aggrieved to see Malcolm, his defensive partner, find the scoresheet in the first half, especially after it was he who had done the spadework, the big Australian was determined not to waste another such opportunity.
- However, we played a great system that meant I had a lot of chances and my strike partner Lee put in a lot of spadework for me.
- She got the praise for the job but he did all the spadework.
- It does all the spadework created by the dealing of shares, and very little else.
- As things are, he has not only to invent his method, but also do most of the spadework for himself.
- But the spadework has begun: health inspectors have started identifying the good, the bad and the ugly areas.
- While district leaders are busy doing the spadework, senior leaders are converging on the town one after the other.