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full-court press

  [fool-kawrt, -kohrt]
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–noun
1. Basketball. a tactic of harassing, close-guarding defense in which the team without the ball pressures the opponent man-to-man the entire length of the court in order to disrupt dribbling or passing and force a turnover: Suddenly behind by eighteen points, they went to a full-court press.
2. a vigorous attack or offensive.
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full-court press   (fŏŏl'kôrt', -kōrt')
n.  

  1. Basketball An aggressive defensive strategy in which one or two players harass the ball handler in the backcourt while the rest of the team maintains a close man-to-man or zone defense.

  2. A strong, diversified effort: "The Administration undertook a full-court press to secure congressional approval" (Abraham F. Lowenthal).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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full-court press

An all-out effort to exert pressure. For example, She'd learned over the years how to deliver a full-court press of guilt. The term alludes to a basketball tactic in which the defenders put pressure on the opposing team over the entire court, trying to disrupt their dribbling and passing. [Late 1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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