leave everything on the field
v. phr.— «We left everything on the field in Washington, particularly emotionally.» —“Jackson’s 4 Scores Enable Rams to Stave Off Cowboys” by Mark Asher Washington Post Oct. 15, 1973. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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