on+all+hands
11all hands on deck — When there is a need for all hands on deck, everyone must help, especially when there is a lot of work to be done in a short amount of time. As the opening day approached, it was all hands on deck to have everything ready in time …
12all hands on deck — something that you say when everyone s help is needed, especially to do a lot of work in a short amount of time. We ve got to get all this cleared up before they arrive so it s all hands on deck …
13all hands — 1. Everyone in the particular group referred to. 2. all hands to the pumps Everyone working to cope with emergency …
14At all hands — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …
15On all hands — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …
16on all hands — adverb : on every hand in the dark of the woods he could hear twittering and scurrying on all hands * * * on all hands or on every hand 1. On all sides 2. By everybody • • • Main Entry: ↑hand …
17on all hands — By all parties, by everybody …
18of all hands — phrasal obsolete : on all sides : on every side …
19all hands on deck — used for saying that everyone must help because there is an emergency …
20all hands to the pump — used for saying that everyone must work hard because the situation is urgent …
