all hands on deck
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.33 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
An order, on board ship, for all seamen of all watches to muster on deck immediately; normally shortened to "All hands"
intj
A call for everyone to participate in something.
Example Sentences
- "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 into two antagonistic parts--prisoners and captors."
- "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."