on deck
Example Sentences
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In his “Lonely Flowers” special, he jokes about encouraging his mom to retire because he thought he was on deck for the big “Daily Show” job, saying, “I had to call my mama back six months later, ‘You didn’t quit yet did you?’”
“We are all hands on deck to make sure all traffic is served without errors,” she said.
On deck: The lighting of the Olympic torch.
From Los Angeles Times
Clase threw 30 of these pitches with the tying or go-ahead run either on base, at the plate, or on deck.
From Slate
The holidays call for “all hands on deck”—as Portugalia wrote in a recent seasonal hiring posting for its warehouse that fills online orders.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.