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"form": "doing one's bit",
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"ref": "1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 355",
"text": "Soon we were climbing through New Mills and Foxhall, both of which are closed entirely, their buildings doing their bit to ease the housing problem, and Kilmacrenan was reached at four o'clock.",
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{
"ref": "September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Elizabeth was said to be slow to mature, but she and her sister did their bit by digging vegetable plots and knitting garments for the troops.",
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}
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"To make an individual contribution toward an overall effort."
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"(informal) To make an individual contribution toward an overall effort."
],
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"word": "carry one's weight"
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"word": "do one's part"
},
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"word": "do one's fair share"
}
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "zijn steentje bijdragen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "tehdä oma osansa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "apporter sa pierre à l’édifice"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "faire sa part"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "faire sa part du boulot"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "robić swoje"
},
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"tags": [
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"word": "zrobić swoje"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "arrimar el hombro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "aportar su grano de arena"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "dra sitt strå till stacken"
}
]
}
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Elizabeth was said to be slow to mature, but she and her sister did their bit by digging vegetable plots and knitting garments for the troops.",
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}
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],
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],
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},
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"word": "do one's fair share"
}
],
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"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "zijn steentje bijdragen"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "tehdä oma osansa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "apporter sa pierre à l’édifice"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "faire sa part"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "faire sa part du boulot"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "robić swoje"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zrobić swoje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "arrimar el hombro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "aportar su grano de arena"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make an individual contribution toward an overall effort",
"word": "dra sitt strå till stacken"
}
],
"word": "do one's bit"
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