Pull Your Weight.
English
idiom
To do your fair share of the work.
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To do your fair share of the work.
Trusted by1.5M+English learners & teachers worldwide
To do your fair share of the work.
When you pull your weight, you carry the part of the load that belongs to you.
The image is from rowing — if one person stops pulling, the boat still moves, but everyone else feels it immediately.
"Go the Extra Mile"
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Do noticeably more than your share requires
"Pass the Buck"
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Push responsibility onto somebody else
"Pull Your Weight"
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Carry exactly the share of work that is yours
I've done this handover alone three times now.
Then somebody isn't pulling their weight. Raise it.
My roommate never cleans anything.
You should tell him to pull his weight.
How is the new starter settling in?
Really well — she's pulling her weight already.
