(often imperative, usually sports) To face a challenge by making a bold, superior effort, lest one give up and forgo the opportunity.

It takes an experienced person to execute a difficult undertaking.

(colloquial, dated)

(informal, humorous) Used to point out the listener's laziness.

(idiomatic) Mistreated; not properly cared for. / (colloquial, potentially offensive) Presumed to have had a significant number of lovers and showing the signs of overuse. (Typically said of women.)

(colloquial, Southern US) Alternative form of ridden hard and put away wet (“in either sense”)

It is easy to lose sight of one's initial objective, becoming caught up in subtasks or in tasks only tangentially related to the original goal.

Fixtures, equipment, tools and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.

Any duo who are so inept at practical tasks as to be humorous.

Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. / (botany) Able to survive adverse growing conditions. / Brave and resolute. / Impudent.