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all hands on deck

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  1. all hands on deckinterjection

    An order, on board ship, for all seamen of all watches to muster on deck immediately; normally shortened to "All hands"

Wikipedia

  1. All Hands on Deck

    All Hands on Deck is a boatswain's call for a ship's whole crew to assemble on deck.

Editors Contribution

  1. all hands on deck

    Spiritually “All Hands on Deck” means that the churches, Pastors and the communities should all be working together for the mission that Jesus gave his disciples in Matthew 28:16-20. The Great Commission is the foundation for evangelism and cross-cultural missions work to bring in the unsaved.


    Submitted by anonymous on July 14, 2019  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of all hands on deck in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of all hands on deck in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of all hands on deck in a Sentence

  1. Helen Fricker:

    It's going to be all hands on deck for several months while we work out what these data are telling us, and we really wait. It's incredibly exciting.

  2. Joe Biden:

    On higher prices, we have been using every tool at our disposal, and while today is a reminder that Americans’ budgets are being stretched in ways that create real stress at the kitchen table, there are also signs that we will make it through this challenge, my administration will continue to be all hands on deck to win this fight.

  3. Nancy Schaefer:

    She is loved by so many people, its all hands on deck. Shes my girl... Were going to find her.

  4. Superintendent Eric Wright:

    It's been difficult, it's basically been all-hands-on deck. It's kind of been like putting a puzzle together.

  5. Christopher Andersen:

    Prince Charles is furious at the situation he and the queen have been put in, her husband has died. There’s the pandemic and Brexit is still a problem. She needed everybody to be together. She needed all hands on deck. And instead, she gets this chaos that’s been handed to her by ‘ Megxit. ’.


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    the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
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