do one's bit

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Verb

do one's bit (third-person singular simple present does one's bit, present participle doing one's bit, simple past did one's bit, past participle done one's bit)

(idiomatic) To make an individual contribution toward an overall effort.

Translations

to make one's individual contribution to the whole

Dutch: zijn steentje bijdragen
Finnish: tehdä oma osansa

Polish: robić swoje (pl) impf, zrobić swoje pf
Spanish: arrimar el hombro (es)

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