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Meanings of take an oar in English

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Usage of take an oar in English
1
I'm not tired, but you may take an oar, if you like.
Little Women
2
At any rate, I am not called to take an oar in it.
A Knight of the Nets
3
There's a chance now to take an oar to some purpose.
An Original Belle
4
Now you take an oar and pull us out of the rough water, Mr.
The Pirate of Panama: A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
5
Tumble in, you black fellows, and each take an oar.
The Adventures of Captain Horn
6
We'll each take an oar and try some two-handed rowing.
Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island
7
You come upon us like a phantom, and take an oar in ghostly silence.
The Doctor's Dilemma
8
Don't take an oar yourself: stand over them ready to strike down any man who mutinies.
In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
9
You," he said in Spanish to the prisoner, "get in and take an oar, too."
The Adventures of Captain Horn
10
Will you volunteer to take an oar?
The Captain of the Kansas
11
Ay, sir, if I will it, you shall take an oar, a tiler a thole, for your portion.
The Red Rover: A Tale
12
Here, Bowler, old man, take an oar with Tubbs, and keep way on while I stick up the sail.
Parkhurst Boys, and Other Stories of School Life
13
The swirl of the tide caught them as they cleared Brenière Point, and Gard crawled forward to take an oar.
A Maid of the Silver Sea
14
Atheling and thane's son you will be to us still, if you have to take an oar now and then.
A King's Comrade: A Story of Old Hereford
15
The boat had been filled with passengers, and there was nothing else for me to do but to take an oar.
Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters
16
When another boat gets in my way, I feel I want to take an oar and kill all the people in it.
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
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