stop at nothing
idiom
—used to say that someone will do anything to achieve a goal or purpose
She will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
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As this unfolds, Winter Bird learns her people face danger once again when Red Feather returns with Abish and explains that her enemies will stop at nothing to take her.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
Using these feeble old men only proved, once again, that the North was an evil regime that would stop at nothing to unify the Korean Peninsula under Communism.
—Lee Chang-Dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Idris Elba When a big-rig truck driver takes his tenacious teenage daughter along for a job, they’re tracked and attacked by a relentless group of criminals that will stop at nothing to secure the consignment he’s been entrusted to deliver.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
Good morning, In New York City, where wealthy families will stop at nothing for their children in a competitive private school system, elite tutors earn as much as $1 million a year.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
Using these feeble old men only proved, once again, that the North was an evil regime that would stop at nothing to unify the Korean Peninsula under Communism.
—Lee Chang-Dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
Idris Elba When a big-rig truck driver takes his tenacious teenage daughter along for a job, they’re tracked and attacked by a relentless group of criminals that will stop at nothing to secure the consignment he’s been entrusted to deliver.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
Good morning, In New York City, where wealthy families will stop at nothing for their children in a competitive private school system, elite tutors earn as much as $1 million a year.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Stop at nothing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop%20at%20nothing. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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