try/use every trick in the book
idiom
: to do everything one can to achieve something
They'll use every trick in the book to get you to buy their products.
He tried every trick in the book to get the car started, but nothing worked.
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Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic, which won Oscars for the visual effects in Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones films Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom, returned to use every trick in the book on the whopping 2,350 VFX shots in the fifth installment of the franchise.
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Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2023
So he's expected to try every trick in the book to get his opponent off his game and perhaps to snap in an angry riposte that could raise concerns over temperament.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 29 Sep. 2020
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Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2023
So he's expected to try every trick in the book to get his opponent off his game and perhaps to snap in an angry riposte that could raise concerns over temperament.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 29 Sep. 2020
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“Try/use every trick in the book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/try%2Fuse%20every%20trick%20in%20the%20book. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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