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"etymology_text": "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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"ref": "2024 January 24, Peter Plisner, “Rising to the University challenge”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 61",
"text": "Despite missing the target to open for the Commonwealth Games, work on site hasn't slowed down. VolkerFitzpatrick and its contractors have pulled out all the stops to get the job done.",
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"To reserve or hold back nothing."
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"(idiomatic) To reserve or hold back nothing."
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"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "empty the tank"
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{
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"word": "give one's all"
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "go up to eleven"
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{
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"word": "go balls to the wall"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "alle registers opentrekken"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "tehdä kaikkensa"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "poistaa esteet"
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"code": "fr",
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"note": "with respect to a meal",
"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "mettre les petits plats dans les grands"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "alle Register ziehen"
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"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "fare l'impossibile"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "reserve nothing",
"tags": [
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"word": "dawać z siebie wszystko"
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"word": "dać z siebie wszystko"
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"word": "nie powstrzymywać się"
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"word": "poner toda la carne en el asador"
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"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "empty the tank"
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{
"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "give one's all"
},
{
"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "go all out"
},
{
"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "go the whole nine yards"
},
{
"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "go up to eleven"
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"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "go balls to the wall"
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"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "alle registers opentrekken"
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"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "tehdä kaikkensa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "poistaa esteet"
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"lang": "French",
"note": "with respect to a meal",
"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "mettre les petits plats dans les grands"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "alle Register ziehen"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reserve nothing",
"word": "fare l'impossibile"
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"sense": "reserve nothing",
"tags": [
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"word": "dawać z siebie wszystko"
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"sense": "reserve nothing",
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"word": "nie powstrzymywać się"
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"word": "poner toda la carne en el asador"
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"word": "pull out all the stops"
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