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pull out all the stops

To reserve or hold back nothing.

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  • An allusion to organ stops, which are pulled out to turn on each set of sounds in a pipe organ. When all stops are pulled out, the organ will play all variations of its sounds at once, therefore being as loud as possible.
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They pulled out all the stops for the gala wedding.

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'pull out all the stops':

Pull out All the StopsTo do something eagerly or whole heatedly, putting in all to succeed
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