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Meaning: (idiomatic,usuallysports)Used to remind players not to dwell on minor mistakes, issues or conflicts that happened during the course of play.Don't worry about it, justleave it all on the field.1996, Lucile Wilson, Blanche Woolls, chapter 5, inPeople Skills for Library Managers: A Common Sense Guide for Beginners[1],→ISBN, page56:Use the same advice football coaches give their teams: "Always do your best. When you return to the locker room at the end of the game,leave it all on the field. Don't replay what you might have done or what someone else might have done..."; (idiomatic,oftensports)Used to encourage players or anyone to give their best performance, not sparing any effort, not going away with any unspent energy.Synonyms:give one's all,go all out;give 110%,pull out all the stops,do one's utmost,empty the tankCoordinate term:leave something on the tableNear-synonym:give it one's best shotGo and give it your all!Leave it all on the field!1997, Kevin Nelson,The Angler's Book of Daily Inspiration, Contemporary Books,→ISBN, page61:Football players have an expression: "heleft it all on the field."Leave it all on the fieldwhen you go fishing. Resolved: When I fish, I give everything I have to fishing.2012, Barack Obama, “Administration of Barack Obama, 2012/Sep. 18”, inPublic Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama: 2012 (Book II: July 1 to December 31, 2012)[2], page1395:But the stakes couldn't be higher, so we've got toleave it all on the field.
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