C1idiomeverydayIELTS-friendly
pull out all the stops
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to make the greatest possible effort to make something succeed
From the stops (controls) of a church organ. 'All the stops' is plural.
In context
My parents pulled out all the stops for my grandmother's eightieth birthday.
The hotel pulled out all the stops to welcome the president's team.
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