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Complete Definition of "pull out all the stops"

English

Verb

pull out all the stops

  1. on an organ, to open all the knobs controlling the loudness and tones
  2. idiom to reserve or hold back nothing

#:They pulled out all the stops for the gala wedding.

See also
go all out
organ stop

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