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Definition of hard-earned adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hard-earned

adjective
 
/ˌhɑːd ˈɜːnd/
 
/ˌhɑːrd ˈɜːrnd/
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  1. that you get only after a lot of work and effort
    • hard-earned cash
    • We finally managed a hard-earned draw.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHard-earned is used with these nouns:
    • cash
    • money
    • win
    • …
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