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What does pull out all the stops mean?

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  1. (idiomatic) To reserve or hold back nothing.
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We must pull out all the stops, starting precisely with research, which sustains all the progress we make.
The site is buzzing with activity as hundreds of workers pull out all the stops to get the centre ready for opening day.
The champion had to pull out all the stops in the quarter final coming through 21-20 against one of the day's eye-catchers, John Newton of Bolton.
I will pull out all the stops for this, and we have all day tomorrow as well.
The EU must pull out all the stops in order to support the candidates in these areas and not raise any new barriers, of course.
Our group must pull out all the stops in order to call a halt to the AIDS epidemic, and we need to invest with this in mind.

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