leg work

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[leg work] {n.}, {informal} The physical end of a project, such as the typing of research reports; the physical investigating of a criminal affair; the carrying of books to and from libraries; etc.

* /Joe, my research assistant, does a lot of leg work for me./

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	{informal} ¹⁴⁰¹ {n.} ⁹¹²

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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