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Swedish
Swedishge järnet
Meaning: Exert maximum effort; give one's all.
Literally: Give the iron
Example: “I sista kvarten gav hela laget järnet.” — In the last quarter of an hour, the whole team went all out.
English equivalent: To go all out
Equivalents in other languages
Portuguese: mandar bala Literally: To send a bullet
English: go all out
Origin: "Give it the iron": go all out. Järnet may be the iron of a tool or a weapon, or the metal of a car's accelerator pushed to the floor, but no source documents which image was first meant. The phrase is colloquial Swedish, common in sport.
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