PULL ONE'S WEIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pull one's weight mean? 

• PULL ONE'S WEIGHT (verb)
  The verb PULL ONE'S WEIGHT has 1 sense:

1. do one's share in a common task

  Familiarity information: PULL ONE'S WEIGHT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULL ONE'S WEIGHT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Do one's share in a common task

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

Bob has never pulled his weight, and we all have to work harder to make up for his laziness

Hypernyms (to "pull one's weight" is one way to...):

work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s