hoe one's row
hoe one's row verb: to do one's share of a job.
Verb
hoe one's row (third-person singular simple present hoes one's row, present participle hoeing one's row, simple past and past participle hoed one's row)
- To do one's share of a job.
- I have to begin where I left off; but you cannot realize but that you have to take one jump away ahead, when you come to leave your bodies and go into the spirit world. That is not so, for you will have to commence to hoe your row where you left off.1857, Heber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses, A Discourse […] Delivered in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, June 7, 1857.
- “I ain’t sharing my room with assassins. Gilvey is ignorant and a brute. If you say so I’ll join you and we’ll lick him. We could do it easy, only it wouldn’t help you much. For the men would say I had to help you hoe your row.”1911, Hugh Pendexter, The Young Timber-cruisers; or, Fighting the Spruce Pirates, =chapter 2
- Synonyms:
- do one's bit
Synonyms of hoe one's row
Forms of hoe one's row
| third-person singular present | hoes one's row |
|---|---|
| present participle | hoeing one's row |
| past participle | hoed one's row |
| past | hoed one's row |
Questions about hoe one's row
- What does hoe one's row mean?
- Hoe one's row means to do one's share of a job.
- What part of speech is hoe one's row?
- Hoe one's row is a verb.
- What is the past tense of hoe one's row?
- The past tense of hoe one's row is hoed one's row.
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