everything humanly possible

everything humanly possible

Everything that is realistically possible. This is my dream job, so I plan to do everything humanly possible to get it. Voters don't trust that candidate because he's been promising to give them everything humanly possible, and they know that's not realistic. Ugh, I overslept and then did everything humanly possible to try to make my flight, and I still missed it.

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everything humanly possible

everything that is in the range of human powers. The rescuers did everything humanly possible to find the lost campers. The doctor tried everything humanly possible to save the patient.

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