From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishall hands on deckall hands on deck (also all hands to the pumps British English) informal used to say that everyone is needed to help in a particular situation With only half an hour to get everything ready, it was all hands on deck. → hand
Examples from the Corpus
all hands on deck• It's all hands on deck as the crew work as team to make the show look its best.• It was all hands on deck as they worked flat out over a weekend in March. 