Idiom: Strain Every NerveCheck definitions of...straineverynerveMeaningsTo make every possible effort to do something; to do one's utmost.A-Z Proximitiesstraight-face teststraighten outstraight manstraight out of the chutestraight shooter strain every nerve strange bedfellowsstrangle the parrotstrap on a pairstraw pollstraw that stirs the drinkSimilar Idiomsstrain every nervehold one's nervenerve-shreddertouch a nerveevery bitevery inchevery lastevery man Jackevery old nook and crannyevery timeevery which whereevery woman Jillhang on every wordin every sense of the wordknow every trick in the bookput the same shoe on every footwith every breathworth every pennySimilar Phrasescotton strainmental strainnervous strainpoinsettia strainstrain gagestrain gaugeevery inchevery lastevery bitevery nightevery quarterevery so oftenevery weekevery which wayevery yearabducent nervecervical nervedepressor nervefemoral nerveradial nerve