hold up one's end
Meet one's obligations
To hold up one's end is to fulfill one's share of a responsibility or obligation, especially in a partnership or collaborative effort.
The image is of jointly carrying something—if you don't hold up your end, the whole thing falls: She held up her end of the bargain, but he didn't.
Also *hold up one's end of the deal* or *hold up one's side*.
- pull your weightDo one's fair share
- do your partFulfill your responsibility
- hard workSustained strenuous effort
- carry the loadAccept the main responsibility
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
accountability · keep your word · trustworthiness · obligation · partnership · ownership · reciprocity · consistency · mutuality · commitment · conscientiousness · duty · steadfastness · dependability · teamwork · team player · diligence · follow-through
hold up one's enddrop the ball
Fail at a critical moment
slack off · flake out · coast · phone it in · welch
hold up one's endlet someone down
freeload · leave someone in the lurch · mooch · break one's word · default
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