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pull weight

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pull your weight
to work as hard as other people in a group The rest of the team complained that Sarah wasn't pulling her weight.
See haul up by bootstraps, pull chain, make a face, get finger out, pull hair out, draw in horns, pick to pieces, bring up with a start
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pull your weight
to do your fair share of work In a busy restaurant, everyone has to pull their weight.
See also: pull, weight


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Pull weights straight up, elbows up and out and close to your body, until almost even with your chin.
And the current world Guinness record for someone using hair to pull weight is 7.
By adjusting the drawstring the pull weight will reduce by 20 pounds.
 
 
 
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