do one's bit
verb1
Informal To make an individual contribution toward an overall effort.
- 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.1949 November and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 355:
- 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.September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:
- Related terms
- carry one's weight