full-court press
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Noun
full-court press (plural full-court presses)
- (basketball) A coordinated maneuver, involving all team members, to block or interfere with the opposing team's attempt to advance the ball down the playing court, so as to force a turnover or backcourt violation.
- Synonym: all-court press
- (figuratively, by extension) A thorough, collaborative effort to overcome or constrain another person or group, especially a rival or opponent.
- Synonym: all-court press
- 2007 July 10, Jay Newton-Small, “Can Bush Save the Surge?”, in Time:
- The White House has been engaged in a full court press to prevent other Republican senators from voting for any one of these amendments.
See also
References
- “full-court press”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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