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Urgent cry for help when everyone’s holding a pack of cards? (3,5,2,4)

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I believe the answer is:

all hands on deck

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'urgent cry for help' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'everyone's holding a pack of cards?' is the wordplay.
'everyone' becomes 'all' (all people).
'holding' becomes 'handson' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'a pack of cards?' becomes 'deck' ('deck' can be a synonym of 'pack of cards').
'all'+'handson'+'deck'='ALL HANDS ON DECK'

'when' is the link.

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(Other definitions for all hands on deck that I've seen before include "Alert for everyone" , "Order, on board" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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