an all-out effort

an all-out effort

An attempt made with one's full attention or fortitude; one's best effort. To beat the best team in the league, we need to make an all-out effort tonight, boys. As soon as I got an academic warning, I started an all-out effort to improve my grades.
See also: effort
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*an all-out effort

a very good and thorough effort. (*Typically: begin ~; have ~; make ~; start ~.) We need to make an all-out effort to get this job done on time. The government began an all-out effort to reduce the federal budget.
See also: effort
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • give it (one's) best shot
  • give it one's best shot
  • best do
  • (had) best (do something)
  • as best (one) can
  • as best one can
  • as best you can
  • put one's best foot forward, to
  • bring out the best in (one)
  • bring out the best in somebody
References in periodicals archive
He directed the officials to make an all-out effort to achieve the revenue collection target.
he stressed the need for making an all-out effort on the part of everyone and as part of an independent nation state for attaining financial independence, said a statement.
He takes his chance off a careerhigh mark of 150 but his defeat of the reopposing Pearl Castle at this track on New Year's Day hardly represented an all-out effort and Aristo Du Plessis could have any amount of progression still in him.
Mohammad Rashad Daureeawo has stressed making an all-out effort for boosting mutual trade ties between the two countires.
Hezbollah leaders, backed by Iran and Syria and bent on the destruction of Israel, have 13,000 Katyusha rockets and thousands of troops to employ in an all-out effort to destabilize Israel and the region.
As the budget and appropriations processes progresses, the DAV will be working closely with Congress, the administration and other veterans service organizations in an all-out effort to ensure adequate resources are provided to meet the needs of America's disabled veterans and their families.
Chinese President Hu Jintao ordered an all-out effort to rescue people from the school, Xinhua said.
The dawn of the twenty-first century has seen the Catholic Church beset with scandals, perhaps most reprehensibly sexual abuse scandals involving children, and the Church has repeatedly reacted in a manner consistent with feudal culture--secrecy, denial, and an all-out effort to protect reputation and institutional resources.
For the ATP-PC system, an all-out effort completed under the 30-second intervals is essential, thus an appropriate distance must be determined for each run/drill.
Fourth, there is a growing realization among finance and central bank officials as well as experts all over continental Europe that the terrorist attacks on the United States and the divisive Iraq war have led to an alarming American assertiveness in international financial institutions and an all-out effort to bring the international agenda under the control of the "Bush Warriors" and their willing friends.
Foreseeing disastrous consequences not only in Iraq but throughout the region, they also asked the Iraqis to participate in "an all-out effort to avoid war and prevent untold sufferings for millions of innocent people" (Jan 21/03).
"We have an incredible momentum going now, and in the coming year we will be making an all-out effort to gamer the resources to tackle these problems head-on and make a real impact in people's lives."
It was one thing to harness the President's effective campaign skills in an all-out effort to win Congressional approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement, but it was quite another to have him go the full distance for genuine health-care reform.
LAHORE, May 15, 2010 (Balochistan Times): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said the government was making an all-out effort for the welfare of the poor and destitute but it was also expected from civil society to share the responsibility.
And if the lifter is willing to exert an all-out effort on every rep, strength gains are sure to follow.