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pulled one's weight

pulled one's weight is the simple past and past participle of pull one's weight.

Meaning of pull one's weight

Verb

pull one's weight (third-person singular simple present pulls one's weight, present participle pulling one's weight, simple past and past participle pulled one's weight)

  1. (idiomatic) To contribute fairly and proportionately to a group effort; to do the work that one is obligated to.
    • He isn't really pulling his weight at work.

Questions about pulled one's weight

What is pulled one's weight the simple past and past participle of?
Pulled one's weight is the simple past and past participle of pull one's weight.

Words near pulled one's weight in the dictionary

  1. pulled one's head in
  2. pulled one's own weight
  3. pulled one's pud
  4. pulled one's punches
  5. pulled one's socks up
  6. pulled one's weight
  7. pulled oneself
  8. pulled oneself together
  9. pulled oneself up by one's bootstraps
  10. pulled oneself up by one's own bootstraps
  11. pulled out

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