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What does hard-won mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hard-won? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Having been obtained with effort, despite difficulty and hardship.
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I'm surprised that they are jeopardizing their hard-won reputation for quality DVD releases with this latest effort.
Three trailers are the only DVD extras to compensate for your hard-won dollars.
Along with the similarly too-free-spirited two songs, such unchecked exorbitance damages the album's hard-won continuity.
I was too pleased with my own hard-won epiphany that the film's title is a palindrome to even notice that the credits had started rolling.
The film is divided by its opening credits sequence, which breaks the film's hard-won mood with a brash pop-song.
It diverts the public's attention away from decades of cuts in hard-won government programs for income security.

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