"faire feu des quatre pattes" meaning in Français

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Verb

IPA: \fɛʁ fø de katʁ pat\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-faire feu des quatre pattes.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-faire feu des quatre pattes.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-faire feu des quatre pattes.wav Forms: faire feu des quatre fers, faire feu des quatre pieds
  1. Se démener, mettre toute sa force dans une tentative, déployer tous ses efforts. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-faire_feu_des_quatre_pattes-fr-verb-U0Q6icxY Categories (other): Métaphores en français, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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