all hands

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The entire crew
Entire ship's company
A working fire engaging all apparatus of first-alarm assignment; may be followed by multiple alarms
Every person on board a ship
all hands on deck
An order, on board ship, for all seamen of all watches to muster on deck immediately; normally shortened to "All hands"

As soon as the boche and his guard were aboard again, I called all hands on deck, including von Schoenvorts, and there I explained to them that the time had come for us to enter into some sort of an agreement among ourselves that would relieve us of the annoyance and embarrassment of being divided into two antagonistic parts--prisoners and captors.

all hands on deck
(deyim) Something that you say when everyone's help is needed, especially to do a lot of work in a short amount of time. We've got to get all this cleared up before they arrive so it's all hands on deck
all hands on deck
(deyim) (also all hands to the pumps) Something that you say when everyone's help is needed, especially to do a lot of work in a short amount of time
all hands to the pumps
(deyim) (also all hands on deck) Something that you say when everyone's help is needed, especially to do a lot of work in a short amount of time
lost with all hands
destroyed or sunk, while all passengers and crew died
all hands
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