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 something_synonym

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: ↑pull_idiom