To apply oneself thoroughly to a task or responsibility; to work with sustained, intensive effort.
To devote all available energy, attention, and resources to carrying out a duty or objective.
2.
SpainLatin Americaneutralformal
To employ or exert something to its fullest extent; to use all means or force available for a purpose.
To engage fully and decisively in an action or operation.
Examples:
ES: - Como usted dice, jefe, tiene que emplearse, emplearse a fondo en su trabajo,
EN: - Like you say, guv'nor. # You've got to grind, grind, grind # At that grindstone
ES: ¡Arp parece emplearse a fondo!
EN: Arp seems to be pushing too hard.
ES: ¡Tuvieron que emplearse a fondo!
EN: They threw everything at you.
ES: Jerry y Joe estaban llenos de malos sentimientos desde hacía años que pudrían como un cerdo al sol Han tenido que emplearse a fondo para expulsarlos.
EN: Jerry and Joe had let their bad feelings sit inside them for years, rotting like a pig in a front yard, and it took a fight to work everything out.
ES: Nuestros soldados sufren por los venenos del enemigo... y no son capaces de emplearse a fondo.
EN: Our soldiers are suffering from the enemy's poison and unable to use their full strength.
ES: O como su padre, tal vez sabe cómo emplearse a fondo.
EN: Or like her dad, maybe she just knows how to act tough.