Usually means: Using all available strength, effort.
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  1. might and main: Merriam-Webster
  2. (with) might and main, (with) might and main: Collins English Dictionary
  3. might and main: Wiktionary
  4. might and main: Dictionary.com

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  1. might and main: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (might and main)

▸ adverb:  With all one's strength; as hard as one can.
▸ noun:  All one's strength.

Similar:
horse and foot, amain, hard, full out, all out, all-out, overstrongly, main, tooth and nail, balls to the wall, more...

Opposite:
feeble, weak, frail, impotent, ineffectual

Phrases:
with might and main, more...

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Similar:
horse and foot, amain, hard, full out, all out, all-out, overstrongly, main, tooth and nail, balls to the wall, more...

Opposite:
feeble, weak, frail, impotent, ineffectual

Phrases:
with might and main, more...



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