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all hands on deck |
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all hands on deck also all hands to the pumps 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"Johansen," Wolf Larsen said briskly to the new mate, "keep all hands on deck now they're here. As soon as the boche and his guard were aboard again, I called all hands on deck, including von Schoenvorts, and there I explained to them that the time had come for us to enter into some sort of an agreement among ourselves that would relieve us of the annoyance and embarrassment of being divided into two antagonistic parts--prisoners and captors. Then, changing his tone abruptly, he desired Powell to get all hands on deck and make sail on the ship. |
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