Phrase of the Day (pull out all the stops)-11MAY20

Phrase of the Day (pull out all the stops)-11MAY20

Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is pull out all the stops and it’s meaning is “to make every effort to succeed; to do everything possible, try hard to achieve something”.

Example Sentence: The Taliban insurgency seems to be pulling (out) all the stops it can to gain political legitimacy in Afghanistan ahead of the intra-Afghan peace talks.

This phrase is present in The Hindu International article Taliban reaches out to Shias and click here to read it.

Courtesy: The Hindu.

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