Meaning & use
gritting
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Clenching (the teeth) in determination or discomfort, or spreading grit on icy roads to improve traction.
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She kept gritting her teeth and pushed through the last mile of the race.
Crews were out gritting the roads before the overnight frost set in.
A note on using this word
In British English, 'gritting' commonly refers to councils spreading salt and grit on roads in winter, a sense less familiar in American English.
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