Pull out all the stops

When you pull out all the stops, you do your best and everything possible to accomplish a task and be successful.
This is how a successful team operates.

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English Idiom: Pull out all the stops

When you pull out all the stops, you do your utmost to accomplish a task and be successful.


The people in the picture are all from the same company.

They are on a corporate team-building retreat to help strengthen teamwork in the office.

One of the team-building exercises was a race between teams to get across a chasm.

As you can see, this team pulled out all the stops to win the race.

While other teams tried to find materials and build a bridge, the yellow team gave it their all, made a human bridge and won.

Yes, this way of overcoming difficulty may be extreme, but companies are looking for employees who will pull out all the stops.


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