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pulls one's weight

pulls one's weight is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pulls one's weight

What is pulls one's weight the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pulls one's weight is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pull one's weight.

Words near pulls one's weight in the dictionary

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

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