pull out all the stops

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Toreserveorhold backnothing.Theypulled out all the stopsfor the gala wedding.2024January 24, Peter Plisner, “Rising to the University challenge”, inRAIL, number1001, page61:Despite missing the target to open for the Commonwealth Games, work on site hasn't slowed down. VolkerFitzpatrick and its contractors havepulled out all the stopsto get the job done.

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