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all hands to the pump

all hands to the pump phrase: a situation where as many people as possible are required to contribute to some urgent enterprise.

Phrase

all hands to the pump

  1. (UK) A situation where as many people as possible are required to contribute to some urgent enterprise.

Synonyms of all hands to the pump

Questions about all hands to the pump

What does all hands to the pump mean?
All hands to the pump means a situation where as many people as possible are required to contribute to some urgent enterprise.
What part of speech is all hands to the pump?
All hands to the pump is a phrase.

Words near all hands to the pump in the dictionary

  1. All Hallows' Day
  2. All Hallows' Eve
  3. all hands
  4. all hands on deck
  5. all hands to the deck
  6. all hands to the pump
  7. all hat and no cattle
  8. all hat and no cowboy
  9. all hat, no ranch
  10. all heart
  11. all hell breaks loose

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