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What does all hands on deck mean?

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Interjection
  1. (nautical) An order, on board ship, for all seamen of all watches to muster on deck immediately; normally shortened to "All hands"
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To be in a soap you have to be someone who is prepared to be at the grindstone, because it's all hands on deck.
Strange's US ship of golfers had cruised without all hands on deck for the crucial day.
We are getting orders from all over the world, which means that it is all hands on deck.
We were now encountering the last minute and Dingle had all hands on deck to rescue their rapidly sinking ship.
When conditions finally permitted, it was all hands on deck as we formed teams heaving on a forest of ropes to hoist Eda's huge sails.
The actor-musician productions have the human aspect because they're very much all hands on deck.

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