hoe one's row

Meanings:

• 1.

  Historical Englishliteralarchaic
  • To use a hoe to cultivate, tend, or work on a row or furrow in a garden or field.

• 2.

  HistoricalNorth AmericaUnited Kingdomidiomaticarchaicinformal
  • To do one's share of a job or to perform one's allotted part of a collective task.