verb
use all resources available
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The organizers pulled out all the stops for the centennial meeting
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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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Isee 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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.