all hands on deck
intjDefinitions
An order, on board ship, for all seamen of all watches to muster on deck immediately
An order, on board ship, for all seamen of all watches to muster on deck immediately; normally shortened to "All hands"
A call for everyone to participate in something.
- It was all hands to the deck in the Swindon penalty box.
- Summer, with its good weather and accompanying onslaught of tourists, was the time when they made most of their money for the year, and so it was all hands on deck.
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