all hands
Example Sentences
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When my Patriots are in a real one, a season-on-the-line one, all hands come off deck.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
“You get a sense it’s all hands on deck for some families,” says Keith Wolf, managing partner of recruiting firm Murray Resources in Houston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
“This hasn’t happened as long as I can remember, so we’re definitely going to have to have all hands on deck to think about how we’re going to safely recover the boat.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
"The trays we were talking about were shoved underneath the frames because it was all hands to sorting out and delivering parcels."
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
All rigging whole and all hands well, we rested, letting the wind and steersmen work the ships, for five days; on the fifth we made the delta.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
