OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 56383

do one's bit

Meanings (ES + gloss)
aportar su grano de arena • arrimar el hombro
To make an individual contribution toward an overall effort.
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.
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…
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