"give one's all" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 4, in Little Women",
          "text": "\"I'd go myself, if I was any use. As I ain't, I give my boys, and give 'em free.\" He spoke so cheerfully, looked so sincere, and seemed so glad to give his all, that I was ashamed of myself.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1896, Mark Twain, chapter 35, in Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc",
          "text": "And it is well; her act being proportioned to the dignity of one who carries in her head and heart riches which outvalue any that any King could add, though he gave his all.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1936 June 1, “Crime: Black Legion”, in Time",
          "text": "After swearing to support God and the Constitution, to give his all in any \"war\" against Catholics, Jews, Negroes, aliens and Communists, he paid $7 for a robe, 10¢ monthly dues, bought himself a gun, became a member in good standing.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990 January 22, Peter B. Flint, “Barbara Stanwyck, Actress, Dead at 82”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-06-17",
          "text": "[S]he was unique in not requiring rehearsals because she \"gave her all the first time she tried a scene.\"",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To make the utmost effort; to contribute, using all of one's abilities and resources."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "sense": "make the utmost effort",
          "word": "empty the tank"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "sense": "make the utmost effort",
          "word": "go all out"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "sense": "make the utmost effort",
          "word": "pull out all the stops"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "sense": "make the utmost effort",
          "word": "do one's utmost"
        }
      ],
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          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "make the utmost effort",
          "word": "antaa kaikkensa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "make the utmost effort",
          "word": "se donner à fond"
        },
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          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "make the utmost effort",
          "word": "whakapau kaha"
        },
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          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "make the utmost effort",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dawać z siebie wszystko"
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          "_dis1": "79 21",
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          "sense": "make the utmost effort",
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          "word": "dać z siebie wszystko"
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          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "make the utmost effort",
          "word": "dar tudo de si"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "make the utmost effort",
          "word": "dar o seu melhor"
        },
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          "_dis1": "79 21",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "make the utmost effort",
          "word": "dar el do de pecho"
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          "ref": "1929 April 10, “Plans for War Mothers Pilgrimage Started”, in Rochester Evening Journal and the Post Express, retrieved 2011-06-18, page 26",
          "text": "The Cemeterial Division . . . has taken up the huge task of establishing contact with the mothers or widows of the 30,000 American soldiers who gave their all and whose bodies rest in graves across the sea.",
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          "ref": "2005 August 4, Kareem Fahim, “Sniper Kills New York Police Officer in Iraq”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-06-17",
          "text": "Police officers expressed shock at the news of their fellow officer's death. \"He gave his all; he literally gave his all,\" said Officer Edward Looney.",
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        "To lose one's life while making the utmost effort with full commitment."
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        "(idiomatic, euphemistic) To lose one's life while making the utmost effort with full commitment."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "15 85",
          "sense": "lose one's life",
          "word": "die"
        }
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          "ref": "1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 4, in Little Women",
          "text": "\"I'd go myself, if I was any use. As I ain't, I give my boys, and give 'em free.\" He spoke so cheerfully, looked so sincere, and seemed so glad to give his all, that I was ashamed of myself.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "1896, Mark Twain, chapter 35, in Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc",
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          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "1936 June 1, “Crime: Black Legion”, in Time",
          "text": "After swearing to support God and the Constitution, to give his all in any \"war\" against Catholics, Jews, Negroes, aliens and Communists, he paid $7 for a robe, 10¢ monthly dues, bought himself a gun, became a member in good standing.",
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          "ref": "1990 January 22, Peter B. Flint, “Barbara Stanwyck, Actress, Dead at 82”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-06-17",
          "text": "[S]he was unique in not requiring rehearsals because she \"gave her all the first time she tried a scene.\"",
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        "To make the utmost effort; to contribute, using all of one's abilities and resources."
      ],
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          "text": "The Cemeterial Division . . . has taken up the huge task of establishing contact with the mothers or widows of the 30,000 American soldiers who gave their all and whose bodies rest in graves across the sea.",
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        "(idiomatic, euphemistic) To lose one's life while making the utmost effort with full commitment."
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      "sense": "make the utmost effort",
      "word": "empty the tank"
    },
    {
      "sense": "make the utmost effort",
      "word": "go all out"
    },
    {
      "sense": "make the utmost effort",
      "word": "pull out all the stops"
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    {
      "sense": "make the utmost effort",
      "word": "do one's utmost"
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    {
      "sense": "lose one's life",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "make the utmost effort",
      "word": "antaa kaikkensa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "make the utmost effort",
      "word": "se donner à fond"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "make the utmost effort",
      "word": "whakapau kaha"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "make the utmost effort",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dawać z siebie wszystko"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "make the utmost effort",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dać z siebie wszystko"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make the utmost effort",
      "word": "dar tudo de si"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "make the utmost effort",
      "word": "dar o seu melhor"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "make the utmost effort",
      "word": "dar el do de pecho"
    }
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  "word": "give one's all"
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