pulling one's weight
Carrying fair share
Pulling one's weight means contributing one's fair share to a collective effort.
The image comes from rowing or hauling, where each person must exert enough force to keep pace with others: Everyone on this team needs to pull their weight.
Someone who isn't pulling their weight leaves others to compensate for their slack.
- fair shareEquitable part owed
- exertionVigorous physical effort
- industriousnessHabitual hard work
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
interdependence · duty · reliability · obligation · conscientiousness · partnership · initiative · hard work · stepping up · mutuality · shared responsibility · equal footing · dependability · carrying the load · heavy lifting · perseverance · solidarity · coordination
pulling one's weightfreeloading
Exploiting others' generosity
slacking off · shirking · free riding · coasting · loafing
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