0 the practical or boring work that needs to be done
1 practical work that needs to be done, as in gathering information, and that usually involves a lot of walking from place to place:
Months of legwork enabled detectives to uncover a new lead.
This legwork was followed up by a visit to each distributor in turn, many of whom handled a range of imported contraceptive products.
Instead, this approach offers some insight into the role of the individual women who carried out the real local legwork for the party.
The idea of special duties may do more legwork in some areas of international law than others.
Clues, legwork, investigative routine - none of this is going to matter anymore.
As a result, much, if not all, of the legwork is already being done.
The university's president stated there was no evidence for any wrongdoing, and that legwork undertaken by aides was scientifically legitimate and accepted practise.
Legwork usually involves interviewing witnesses, investigating evidence and following leads.
The legwork involved in producing the program often exceeded the amount of programming culled from the reporting.
