Phrase guide

give one's all

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To make the utmost effort; to contribute, using all of one's abilities and resources.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: give it one's best shot

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: go all out, give 110%, pull out all the stops, do one's utmost, leave it all on the field, empty the tank, give it one's best shot

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To lose one's life while making the utmost effort with full commitment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: assume room temperature, auger in, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be like the the One, be no more, be with Jesus, be with the Lord, bite the big one, bite the biscuit, bite the dust, buy the farm, buy it, cark it, cash in, cash in one's chips, check out, close one's eyes for the last time, code, conk out, croak, cross over, cross the Great Divide, cross the Styx, darken, decease, decompose, dematerialize, depart, disincarnate, draw one's last breath, drop off the hooks, exit, expire, fall off the twig, flatline, forfare, give one's all, give up the ghost, go for a burton, go out, go over to the majority, go the way of all flesh, go the way of the dinosaurs, go the way of the dodo, go the way of the dodo bird, go to glory, go to one's reward, go west, hand in one's checks, hand in one's dinner pail, hop the twig, join the choir invisible, keel over, kick the bucket, kick off, knock off, liquidate, lose the number of one's mess, meet one's doom, meet one's end, meet one's maker, pass, pass away, pass in one's checks, pass in one's marble, pass on, pass over, pass the river, pay nature's debt, pay the debt of nature, peg out, perish, pop off, pop one's clogs, push up daisies, shuffle off this mortal coil, sink, sleep with one's fathers, slip away, snuff it, succumb, take a dirt nap, turn up one's toes, yield up the ghost

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: antaa kaikkensa — make the utmost effort
  • French: se donner à fond — make the utmost effort
  • German: alles geben — make the utmost effort
  • Greek: τα δίνω όλα (ta díno óla) — make the utmost effort
  • Māori: whakapau kaha — make the utmost effort
  • Polish: dawać z siebie wszystko — make the utmost effort
  • Polish: dać z siebie wszystko — make the utmost effort
  • Portuguese: dar tudo de si — make the utmost effort
  • Portuguese: dar o seu melhor — make the utmost effort
  • Spanish: dar el do de pecho — make the utmost effort
  • Spanish: darle con todo — make the utmost effort
  • Thai: ทุ่มเท (tûm-tee) — make the utmost effort
  • Unami: wishëksi — make the utmost effort