kaikki pelissä

Finnish

Etymology

kaikki (“everything”) + pelissä (“in the game”)

Adverb

kaikki pelissä

  1. all-out (in a manner in which one uses every available means, sparing no effort)
    Työntekijät laittoivat kaiken peliin saadakseen työn valmiiksi ajoissa. / Työntekijöillä oli kaikki pelissä työn saamiseksi ajoissa valmiiksi.
    The workers went all out in order to finish the job on time.

Usage notes

The choice between kaikki and kaiken depends on the verb form. pelissä (inessive) can also be peliin (illative) depending on the verb used; the former is used with verbs describing a state of affairs (notably olla) and the latter with verbs indicáting transition (notably panna, laittaa, asettaa). The corresponding interjection is kaikki peliin.

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