The President is making an all-out effort to convince Congress to pass the pending bill on health care.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
all-out effort — {n.} A great and thorough effort at solving a given problem. * /The President is making an all out effort to convince Congress to pass the pending bill on health care./ … Dictionary of American idioms
all-out effort — {n.} A great and thorough effort at solving a given problem. * /The President is making an all out effort to convince Congress to pass the pending bill on health care./ … Dictionary of American idioms
all-out — UK US /ˈɔːlˌaʊt/ adjective [before noun] ► complete and using as much effort as possible: »an all out price war/trade war an all out bid/campaign/effort »US trade officials are making an all out effort to promote commercial relations with Brazil … Financial and business terms
all-out — all your effort, go all out We looked day and night for the lost girl. It was an all out effort … English idioms
all-out — adjective 1. ) an all out effort involves all of someone s energy, strength, and determination: There was an all out push to get the applications in on time. 2. ) an all out war or attack involves all the forces that are available: an all out… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
all-out — adj [only before noun] done in a very determined way, and involving a lot of energy or anger all out war/attack/offensive etc ▪ an all out effort to win >all out adv ▪ Canada will have to go all out on the ice if they want to win … Dictionary of contemporary English
all-out — [ôl′out′] adj. complete or wholehearted [an all out effort] … English World dictionary
all-out — adjective using all available resources (Freq. 2) all out war a full scale campaign against nuclear power plants • Syn: ↑full scale • Similar to: ↑complete * * * all out «L OWT», adjective, adverb. Informa … Useful english dictionary
all-out — also all out ADJ: ADJ n You use all out to describe actions that are carried out in a very energetic and determined way, using all the resources available. He launched an all out attack on his critics. ...an all out effort to bring the fire under … English dictionary
all-out — go all out to use all your effort and energy to achieve something. We made an all out effort to finish decorating the hall by the end of the weekend. (always before noun) … New idioms dictionary
