do one's utmost

verb

To make the greatest possible effort.

“Please try to do your utmost to be there on Saturday. It's really important that you are there.”

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empty the tankgo all outpull out all the stopsgive one's all
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Meanings

verbdo one's utmost (third-person singular simple present does one's utmost, present participle doing one's utmost, simple past did one's utmost, past participle done one's utmost)

present singular third person does one's utmost · participle present doing one's utmost · past did one's utmost · participle past done one's utmost

  1. idiomaticTo make the greatest possible effort.

    Please try to do your utmost to be there on Saturday. It's really important that you are there.

    Synonyms: empty the tank, go all out, pull out all the stops, give one's all

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make the greatest possible effort.

Similar
empty the tankgo all outpull out all the stopsgive one's all
Also see
do one's bestgive it one's best shotgive one's allleave it all on the field
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Chicago

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