- all-court press
- noun
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all-court press «L krt, -kohrt»,an all-out effort: »“We still don't have the other passports,” he said. “So I flew back to Bujumbura for an all-court press” (Alex Shoumatoff).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
all-court press
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