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go to the wall

To make an all-out effort.

Etymology:

  • From a fight or military retreating until they cannot escape; see have one's back to the wall and retreat to the wall doctrine in common law.
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That was the one point he was willing to go to the wall on.

Submitted on September 01, 2009

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