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head_down,_bum_up

head down, bum up

English

Noun

head down, bum up (uncountable)

  1. A figurative bodily position adopted when working hard at some task, either physical or mental. (Head down may well be literal, but bum up is figurative.)
    2007: Hadn't heard a thing. Hard at work, head down, bum up. Gold Coast Bulletin, Call of sea sirens, 6 April 2007
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