all hands on deck
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all hands on deck
interjection all hands to the deck
- An order, on board ship, for all seamen of all watches to muster on deck immediately; normally shortened to "All hands" As soon as the boche and his guard were aboard again, I called all hands on deck, including von Schoenvorts, and there I explained to them that the time had come for us to enter into some sort of an agreement among ourselves that would relieve us of the annoyance and embarrassment of being divided i
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A call for everyone to participate in something.
It was all hands to the deck in the Swindon penalty box.
Similar: all hands to the pump
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| Español | todos manos a la obra, todas las manos a la obra |
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| Deutsch | alle Mann an Deck |
| Русский | все наве́рх vse navérx, свиста́ть всех наве́рх svistátʹ vsex navérx |
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