all hands to the pump

== English == === Phrase === all hands to the pump (chiefly UK) A situation where as many people as possible are required to contribute to some urgent enterprise. Synonym: all hands on deck ==== Further reading ==== “all hands to the pump” (US) / “all hands to the pump” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. “all hands to the pump”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “all hands on deck” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.