"leave it all out there" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: leaves it all out there [present, singular, third-person], leaving it all out there [participle, present], left it all out there [participle, past], left it all out there [past]
Etymology: The pronoun it refers to the player's capacity for effort and physical endurance; out there refers to the sports field. Head templates: {{en-verb|leave<,,left> it all out there}} leave it all out there (third-person singular simple present leaves it all out there, present participle leaving it all out there, simple past and past participle left it all out there)
  1. (sports) To strive to the limits of one's capacity; to give one's all when playing a game. Related terms: leave it all on the field

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "The pronoun it refers to the player's capacity for effort and physical endurance; out there refers to the sports field.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leaves it all out there",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leaving it all out there",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "left it all out there",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "left it all out there",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "leave<,,left> it all out there"
      },
      "expansion": "leave it all out there (third-person singular simple present leaves it all out there, present participle leaving it all out there, simple past and past participle left it all out there)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To strive to the limits of one's capacity; to give one's all when playing a game."
      ],
      "id": "en-leave_it_all_out_there-en-verb-CZTdxYWk",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "strive",
          "strive"
        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ],
        [
          "capacity",
          "capacity"
        ],
        [
          "give one's all",
          "give one's all"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) To strive to the limits of one's capacity; to give one's all when playing a game."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "leave it all on the field"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "leave it all out there"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "The pronoun it refers to the player's capacity for effort and physical endurance; out there refers to the sports field.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "leaves it all out there",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leaving it all out there",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "left it all out there",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "left it all out there",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "leave<,,left> it all out there"
      },
      "expansion": "leave it all out there (third-person singular simple present leaves it all out there, present participle leaving it all out there, simple past and past participle left it all out there)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "leave it all on the field"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To strive to the limits of one's capacity; to give one's all when playing a game."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "strive",
          "strive"
        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ],
        [
          "capacity",
          "capacity"
        ],
        [
          "give one's all",
          "give one's all"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) To strive to the limits of one's capacity; to give one's all when playing a game."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "leave it all out there"
}

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