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with respect to a meal: mettre les petits plats dans les grands meaning in English

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with respect to a meal: mettre les petits plats dans les grands verbe

go all out(put forth all possible effort)
verb
[UK: ɡəʊ ɔːl ˈaʊt] [US: ˈɡoʊ ɔːl ˈaʊt]

pull out all the stops(reserve nothing)
verb