counter-effort
noun[C]
(alsocountereffort)uk/ˈkaʊn.tərˌef.ət/us/ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚˌef.ɚt/aneffortthat goes against orreactsto anothereffort:
Those whosupporttheproposedrestrictionsaremountinga counter-effort.
Alargeeffortin astateby onecandidatewillbringamassivecountereffort by the other.
- I don'tthinkanyoneexpectedthat there wouldn't be counter-efforts byterroriststounderminethesituation.
- Theyengagedin asubstantialdiplomaticcounter-effort tosabotagethemovement.
- They alsowitnessedperiodicandpersistentcounterefforts atsocialrestriction.
Effort and expending energy
- assiduity
- assiduous
- assiduously
- assiduousness
- be running on emptyidiom
- blood
- fight
- hamster wheel
- hard at itidiom
- heavy lifting
- heroically
- jump through hoopsidiom
- kill
- push
- rearguard action
- set/putyourmind tosomethingidiom
- shot
- slog
- slugger
- strenuous