go all out

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go all out (third-person singular simple present goes all out, present participle going all out, simple past went all out, past participle gone all out)

1. (idiomatic) To reserve nothing; to put forth all possible effort or resources.

   They went all out for his eightieth birthday party and chartered a tour boat on the bay.

   • 1985 October 8, Guo, Chaoren; Huang Chang Changlu, “Hu Yaobang Revisits Route of Long March”, in Daily Report: China‎, volume I, number 195, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page K 1:

     In Longnan Prefecture [Long nan di qu 7150 0589 0966 0575], people have gone all out to grow trees and grass in recent years, creating a new experience in developing mountainous areas.

• empty the tank, give one's all, go for broke, go for the burn, pull out all the stops, put pedal to the metal