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Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties

Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else

Having or showing boldness, ambition and initiative in achieving a goal

Having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm towards an activity

Never relaxing or slackening

Completed or done with efficiency

Done with meticulousness and extreme attention to detail

Characterized by extreme force, degree, or strength

Reliable or constant

Having or indicating an efficient, practical, and systematic approach to one's work or a task

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Adjective

Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties

bound and determined

full of determination

stop at nothing

dyed-in-the-wool

with one's shoulder to the wheel

with one's nose to the grindstone

walking on eggs

crossing the t's

dotting the i's

in for long haul

selfdisciplined

through and through

minding p's and q's

heart and soul into

as keen as mustard

true to the end

going to great lengths

meaning business

overconscientious

lock stock and barrel

nose to grindstone

rushed off your feet

paying attention

not missing a trick

on the qui vive

listening carefully

over-particular

particularized^US

particularised^UK

pass-remarkable

picture-perfect

difficult to please

impossible to please

unfavourable^UK

excessively orderly

over-fastidious

encyclopedic^US

clearly defined

encyclopaedic^UK

telling it like it is

as it really happened

scrutinising^UK

scrutinizing^US

extremely particular

over-censorious

schoolmistressy

well thought-out

prim and proper

without blemish

easily disgusted

well-thought-out

on the right track

on the right lines

along the right lines

cooking with gas

according to Hoyle

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“It will take time, but diligent work and attention to detail will produce results over the next few years.”

Adjective

Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else

head over heels

rushed off your feet

up to one's ears

have one's hands full

busy as a beaver

too much on plate

having fish to fry

having enough on one's plate

having many irons in the fire

having a full plate

have a previous engagement

with a customer

have a prior engagement

in a brown study

eat sleep and breathe

deep in thought

up to one's ears in

hanging on every word

with your head in the clouds

in a world of your own

on active service

otherwise engaged

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Adjective

Having or showing boldness, ambition and initiative in achieving a goal

entrepreneurial

having killer instinct

bound and determined

intensely competitive

stop at nothing

fiercely competitive

like a ball of fire

desiring success

upwardly mobile

highly motivated

full of determination

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Adjective

Having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm towards an activity

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

keen as mustard

as keen as mustard

ready and willing

chomping at the bit

champing at the bit

waiting with bated breath

full of enthusiasm

hankering after

on pins and needles

chafing at the bit

on the edge of your seat

favourably inclined

aspiring towards

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Adjective

Never relaxing or slackening

around-the-clock

round-the-clock

without respite

round the clock

bound and determined

without stopping

stop at nothing

world-without-end

without interruption

standardised^UK

standardized^US

straightforward

for ever and ever

without surcease

without a break

meaning business

going all the way

intensely competitive

fiercely competitive

having killer instinct

nose to grindstone

more … than one can shake a stick at

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Adjective

Completed or done with efficiency

Adjective

Done with meticulousness and extreme attention to detail

Adjective

Characterized by extreme force, degree, or strength

pulling no punches

out of this world

industrial-strength

bred-in-the-bone

life-threatening

extremely painful

overextravagant

pressurizing^US

round-the-clock

total-immersion

energy-consuming

playing hard ball

be out for blood

nose to the grindstone

incomprehensible

pressurising^UK

not taking no for an answer

all-encompassing

greatest possible

lock stock and barrel

as clear as a bell

keen as mustard

desensitised^UK

desensitized^US

take-no-prisoners

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

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Adjective

Reliable or constant

dyed-in-the-wool

tried and tested

incontrovertible

high-principled

to be counted on

straightforward

free from doubt

tried and trusted

likely to perform

as thick as thieves

capable of being trusted

put to the test

always effective

absolutely certain

copper-bottomed

as sure as eggs is eggs

carrying the load

good as one's word

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Adjective

Having or indicating an efficient, practical, and systematic approach to one's work or a task

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