full-court press

See also: full court press

English

Alternative forms

• full court press

Noun

full-court press (plural full-court presses)

1. (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

2. (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

• forty minutes of hell

References

• “full-court press”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.