Usually means: Bearing the main workload burden.
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  1. laboring oar: Merriam-Webster
  2. laboring oar: Wordnik
  3. Laboring oar: Dictionary.com
  4. laboring oar: FreeDictionary.org
  5. Laboring oar: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. laboring oar: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (laboring oar)

noun:  An oar that is worked with great effort.
noun:  (chiefly US, figurative, by extension) The part of a task that requires the greatest effort to achieve.

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