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idiomstopspull out (all) the stopsto do everything you can in order to achieve something:The vote is going to be really close, so it's vital that we pull out all the stops in the next week or two.France pulled out all the stops for this year's traditional Bastille Day parade, with thousands of soldiers, and 600 tanks processing down the Champs Elysées.Note This idiom comes from the organ, a large musical instrument in which the sound is made by air passing through pipes. The stops control the flow of air, and if you pull out all the stops, the organ makes as loud a sound as it can.
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See:- a quick drop and a sudden stop
- a stopped clock is right twice a day
- a whistle-stop tour
- buck stops here
- buck stops here, the
- come to a full stop
- come to a stop
- face (that) would stop a clock
- face only a mother could love
- full stop
- glad you could drop by
- homely enough to stop a clock
- I'll put a stop to that
- jolt to a start
- jolt to a stop
- make a pit stop
- nature stop
- pit stop
- pull all the stops out
- pull out all the stops
- pull out all the stops, to
- put a stop to
- put a stop to (something)
- put an end to
- some people don't know when to quit
- some people just don't know when to stop
- stop (dead) in (one's) tracks
- stop (one) cold
- stop (one's) clock
- stop (one's) ears
- stop (one's) mouth
- stop (someone or something) (dead) in its/(one's) tracks
- stop (someone or something) from (doing something)
- stop (someone) dead
- stop a gap
- stop and smell the roses
- stop at
- stop at (something)
- stop at nothing
- stop behind
- stop behind (someone or something)
- stop by
- stop cold
- stop dead
- stop dead in tracks
- stop down
- stop for
- stop for (someone or something)
- stop from doing
- stop in
- stop ironing my head
- stop off
- stop on
- stop on (something)
- stop on a dime
- stop one dead in tracks
- stop out
- stop over
- stop payment
- stop press
- stop short
- stop short of (something)
- stop short of a place
- stop short of doing
- stop sleeping on (someone or something)
- stop someone in their tracks
- stop someone's clock
- stop someone's mouth
- stop something in its tracks
- stop the bleeding
- stop the clock
- stop the lights
- stop the music
- Stop the music!
- Stop the music! Hold everything!
- Stop the presses!
- Stop the presses! Hold everything!
- stop the rot
- stop the show
- stop up
- stop your ears
- stop, look, and listen
- stop/halt somebody in their tracks
- stop-watch critic
- the buck stops here
- the buck stops with (one)
- there's no holding (someone)
- there's no holding/stopping somebody
- there's no stopping (someone)
- whistle-stop
- whistle-stop tour
- will stop at nothing
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