lie on one's oars

lie on one's oars
phrasal or lie on the oars or rest on one's oars or rest on the oars
1. : to take the position of oars
2. : to cease effort : take it easy : rest, relax

had not been content entirely to rest on his oars during that ten days — F.W.Crofts

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lie on one's oars see under ↑oar
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