"strain every nerve" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strains every nerve",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "straining every nerve",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strained every nerve",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strained every nerve",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "strain every nerve (third-person singular simple present strains every nerve, present participle straining every nerve, simple past and past participle strained every nerve)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make every possible effort to do something; to do one's utmost."
      ],
      "id": "en-strain_every_nerve-en-verb-HGiutvGv",
      "links": [
        [
          "do one's utmost",
          "do one's utmost"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "strain every nerve"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strains every nerve",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "straining every nerve",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strained every nerve",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strained every nerve",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "strain every nerve (third-person singular simple present strains every nerve, present participle straining every nerve, simple past and past participle strained every nerve)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make every possible effort to do something; to do one's utmost."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "do one's utmost",
          "do one's utmost"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "strain every nerve"
}