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.

See also: deck, hand

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When it comes to working for a small business it''s normally all hands to the pumps with everyone taking on several other roles and responsibilities in addition to their main job in order to get the work done. Why a Franking Machine Can Help Boost Productivity in Small Offices by Adam Singleton / Business community Byline: John Forbes IT'S a case of all hands to the pumps as Pelaw Grange starts its Easter Racing and Beer Festival today, writes John Forbes. Punt and a pint at Pelaw festival by The Racing Post (London, England) However, Newcastle can ill afford for Martins to overextend himself at a time when it is all hands to the pumps at St James's Park to prevent United subsiding to relegation. Magpies sweat on Oba return by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			alike alike as peas in a pod alive alive and kicking alive and well alive with all agog all along all along the line all and sundry all around Robin Hood's barn all at once all better all but all by lonesome All cats are gray in the dark all day long all dressed up and nowhere to go all ears all eyes all eyes and ears all eyes are on all gone All good things must end all hands on deck all hands to the pumps all hell breaks loose all hell broke loose all hours all in a day's work all in good time all in one piece all kinds of all manner of all my eye all night long all oak and iron bound and *sound as a barrel all of a size all of a sudden all of the above all or nothing all over all over creation all over face all over the earth all over the place all over town all right All right already! All right for you! all right with			All Goju Ryu Network all gone all gone All Good All Good Friends All Good Funk Alliance All Good Gifts International All good things must end All Good Thoughts All Grain All Grown Up All Guest Supplies International All Guide Inc. All Gulf Vets Magazine, Inc. all guns blazing all hail All Hallow's Eve All Hallow's Eve All Hallows Eve All Hallows Eve All Hallows' Eve All Hallows' Eve All Hands All Hands All Hands Interpreting Service, Inc. All Hands Meeting All Hands Meeting All Hands Meetings all hands on deck all hands on deck all hands to the pumps All Harley Drag Racing Association all hat and no cattle all hat and no cattle All Hat No Cattle All Hazard Alert Broadcast All Hazards Plan Review Committee All Hazards Response Training All Headline News All Healers Mental Health Alliance All Health Breaks Loose All Health Hazard Region All Hell Breaks Loose All Hell Breaks Loose All Hell Breaks Loose all hell broke loose all hell broke loose all hell broke loose all hell broke loose all hell is let loose all hell is let loose all hell was let loose all hell was let loose All Hip-Hop All the Time All Holders Rule All hollow All Hope Is Gone all hours All Humankind All Humankind All Humankind

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all hands on deck (redirected from all hands to the pumps)

all hands on deck
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