pull one's (own) weight

pull one's (own) weight
carry one's (own) weight & pull one's (own) weight
Fig. to do one's share; to earn one's keep. (The

weight

is the burden that is the responsibility of someone.) •

Tom, you must be more helpful around the house. We each have to carry our own weight.

Bill, I'm afraid that you can't work here anymore. You just haven't been carrying your weight.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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