pull out all the stops

pull out all the stops
verb
use all resources available
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The organizers pulled out all the stops for the centennial meeting

• Hypernyms: ↑use, ↑utilize, ↑utilise, ↑apply, ↑employ
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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phrasal
: to use all one's resources without restraint

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pull out all the stops
To do one's utmost, using all one's energy and efforts
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Main Entry: ↑stop

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pull out all the stops phrase
to make a big effort so that something happens or is successful

We’re going to pull out all the stops to get this show ready in time.

Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get somethingsynonym
Main entry: pull

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I
see stop
II
make a very great effort to achieve something

the director pulled out all the stops to meet the impossible deadline

■ do something very elaborately or on a grand scale

they gave a Christmas party and pulled out all the stops

Origin:
with reference to the stops of an organ

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pull out all the stops
informal : to do everything possible in order to do or achieve something

The company pulled out all the stops to advertise their new product. = The company pulled out all the stops in advertising their new product.

When he throws a party, he really pulls out all the stops.

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Main Entry: ↑stop

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pull out all the ˈstops idiom
(informal) to make the greatest effort possible to achieve sth
Main entry: ↑pullidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • pull out all the stops — If you pull out all the stops, you do everything you possibly can to achieve the result you want …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • pull out all the stops — ► pull out all the stops make a very great effort to achieve something. [ORIGIN: with reference to the stops of an organ.] Main Entry: ↑stop …   English terms dictionary

  • pull out all the stops —    If you pull out all the stops, you do everything you possibly can to achieve the result you want.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you pull out all the stops, you do everything you can to make something successful.     We ll have to… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • pull out all the stops — tv. to use everything available; to not hold back. (Refers to pulling out all of the stops on an organ so that it will sound as loud as possible.) □ Then the mayor decided to pull out all the stops. □ Don’t pull out all the stops in the first… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • pull out all the stops — work as hard as possible, go all out, go for broke    You re losing this match. If you want to win, you ll have to pull out all the stops …   English idioms

  • pull out all the stops — to make a big effort so that something happens or is successful We re going to pull out all the stops to get this show ready in time …   English dictionary

  • pull out all the stops — to do everything you can to make something successful. They pulled out all the stops for their daughter s wedding. The airline certainly pulled out all the stops to impress us. (often + to do something) …   New idioms dictionary

  • pull out all the stops — verb To reserve or hold back nothing. They pulled out all the stops for the gala wedding. Syn: go all out, the whole nine yards …   Wiktionary

  • pull out all the stops — Meaning Try your very best. Origin Pipe organs have stops which control the air flow pulling them out increases the volume …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • pull out all the stops — make a very great effort to achieve something. [with ref. to the stops of an organ.] → stop …   English new terms dictionary

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