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hoeing one's row

hoeing one's row is the present participle and gerund of hoe one's row.

Meaning of hoe one's row

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)

  1. (idiomatic) 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.
    Synonyms:
    do one's bit

Questions about hoeing one's row

What is hoeing one's row the present participle and gerund of?
Hoeing one's row is the present participle and gerund of hoe one's row.

Words near hoeing one's row in the dictionary

  1. Hoehns
  2. hoeing
  3. hoeing around
  4. hoeing in
  5. hoeing into
  6. hoeing one's row
  7. hoeings
  8. hoeish
  9. hoeism
  10. hoejabi
  11. hoejabis

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