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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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Anytime we have to put up the sail or tack or do any maneuvering, it requires all hands on deck.
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.
We are getting orders from all over the world, which means that it is all hands on deck.
Getting all hands on deck with household chores becomes even more important when the school year resumes.
Strange's US ship of golfers had cruised without all hands on deck for the crucial day.
The actor-musician productions have the human aspect because they're very much all hands on deck.

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