"strain every nerve" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: strains every nerve [present, singular, third-person], straining every nerve [participle, present], strained every nerve [participle, past], strained every nerve [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} strain every nerve (third-person singular simple present strains every nerve, present participle straining every nerve, simple past and past participle strained every nerve)
  1. To make every possible effort to do something; to do one's utmost.
    Sense id: en-strain_every_nerve-en-verb-HGiutvGv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1960 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 174:",
          "text": "In this very great emergency one might have expected the Western Region, notwithstanding the considerable difficulties involved in finding paths for a greatly increased Paddington-Wolverhampton train service, to strain every nerve to keep passengers in the trains rather than letting them stray away to the accelerated road services.",
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