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Pull out all the stops 

Say you really wanted to impress your girlfriend, and you wanted to pull out all the stops, on would buy flowers, make her dinner, clean the house, sprinkle the bed with petals, light candles.
Pull out all the stops by emilyGASM December 1, 2009

pulled out all the stops 

Went "all out", or tried as hard as possible to please or impress.

To spare no expense.

to do everything you can to make something successful
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The stops are handles on an organ (= a large instrument used in churches), which you pull out when you want to play as loudly as possible.
They pulled out all the stops for their anniversary party.
The hotel certainly pulled out all the stops to impress us.
Beyonce really pulled out all the stops with her show last night!

pull all the stops

1. v. i. To go balls out, put forth a great effort.
2. v. i. To take a risk, go out on a limb.
Pipe organs have little plungers called stops which control the volume. When the stops are pushed all the way in, the sound is very quiet. When pulled all the way out, the sound is very loud.
She pulled all the stops and cooked me a delicious candlelit dinner. Then she pulled all the stops and asked me if I thought she looked fat in that dress.
pull all the stops by fizzle April 22, 2004

pulling out all the stops 

Something someone does sometimes to delay doing the right thing for as long as he can, for whatever reason.
My friend is pulling out all the stops, as long as he doesn't have to do the right thing, really the only thing, which is to call me, his old friend, and stop playing this game with me.

Push in the stops

Idiom

To become completely silent or to tell a group to stop talking immediately.

The phrase is a humorous play on the pipe organ. While organists commonly say "pull out all the stops" to activate as many ranks as possible for the loudest, fullest sound, the expression "push in the stops" imagines pushing every stop back in, leaving the organ with no selected stops—and therefore no sound. It is used metaphorically to mean "absolute silence."
Before we enter the library, I want all of you to push in the stops.
Push in the stops by EF2020 August 6, 2026

The buck stops here 

Final responsability; "The responsability is mine". Situation where something really is up to you, and you can be fairly praised or blamed for your act or choice.
(That is a expression commonly used in free will philosophical discussion)
Caracter determines fate, but I can change my caracter, so the buck stops here after all.
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I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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Pee Calculus

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"The girl is pretty but she corrupt and dutty!"

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"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
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