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pull out all stops en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /-ɑl-/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈpʊl‿aʊt‿ɔl ˈstɑps/ (General-American)
  • /ˈpʊl‿aʊt‿ɔːl ˈstɒps/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of pull out all the stops.
    • It is curious that in the very same week as the country is pulling out all stops to celebrate one of its most cherished symbols to freedom and opportunity, it has at the same time further plugged up basic human rights of privacy for those who do not define themselves as heterosexual. 1986 August 23, Warren Blumenfeld, “Community Voices: Liberty’s Dimmed Lamp”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 6, Boston, Mass.: The Bromfield Street Educational Foundation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:

Forms

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pulling out all stops Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pulled out all stops Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pulled out all stops Tense=Past lexicographic
pulls out all stops Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic