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AE 1164 - Expression: Pull Your Own Weight

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How to Change the World - The Inside Out Podcast

The expression, literally and figuratively, pulling your own weight. When i was at school we had to do sports all the year round. So if you did rowing, which was one of the sports,. There were eight rowers and a coxwan or coxswain in the boat. All the people, except the coxwain, lecox c o x, would have to pull their own weight whilst rowing. And so as a result, i would get my five dollar, ten dollar, 20 dollar pocket money. If i didn't pull my own weight, i'd get bugor all i'd get nothing. This is to do the things that you should

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