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Definition of schlep verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

schlep

verb
 
/ʃlep/
 
/ʃlep/
(also schlepp)
(informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they schlep
 
/ʃlep/
 
/ʃlep/
he / she / it schleps
 
/ʃleps/
 
/ʃleps/
past simple schlepped
 
/ʃlept/
 
/ʃlept/
past participle schlepped
 
/ʃlept/
 
/ʃlept/
-ing form schlepping
 
/ˈʃlepɪŋ/
 
/ˈʃlepɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to go somewhere, especially if it is a slow, difficult journey, or you do not want to go
    • The restaurant’s supposed to be great but I don’t feel like schlepping all the way out there.
  2. [transitive] schlep something (+ adv./prep.) to carry or pull something heavy
    • I'm not schlepping these suitcases all over town.
  3. Word OriginFrom Yiddish shlepn, ‘to drag’.
See schlep in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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