OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 45884

hard-won

/hɑːd ˈwʌn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ganado con dificultad • trabajado
Having been obtained with effort, despite difficulty and hardship.
Eulogists of the Bill of Rights often overlook the fact that some of the hardest-won rights of the individual against the state were inserted in the Constitution itself.
[S]hould any hostile force approach our shores, or land upon them, they will find a people—not secure, and quiet, and at ease—but resolved and ready to defend our Queen and our cou…
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