- keep one's end up
- keep one's end up†1. Lit. to hold one's end of a load so that the load is level. •
Be sure to keep your end up while we go up the stairs.
•Try to keep up your end.
2. Fig. to carry through on one's part of a bargain. •You have to keep your end up like the rest of us.
•Don't worry, I'll keep up my end.
* * *See: HOLD ONE'S END UP.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.