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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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In the current fearful climate, the public might assume that the prosecution service would pull out all the stops.
We therefore need to pull out all the stops to turn this new phase into a success.
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.
We must pull out all the stops, starting precisely with research, which sustains all the progress we make.
But sometimes when political capital is low, really, really low, when your own worshipers begin thinking disloyal thoughts, you have to pull out all the stops.
I will pull out all the stops for this, and we have all day tomorrow as well.

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