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stop at nothing
Idioms and Phrases
Do everything in one's power, be prevented by no obstacle, as in She'll stop at nothing to get her revenge . This expression was first recorded in John Dryden's Aurengzebe (1676): 鈥淭he World is made for the bold impious man; Who stops at nothing, seizes all he can.鈥Example Sentences
"You are up against these people who will stop at nothing, and have endless resources and connections, and I don't think I can get away from them," she told the court.
A Home Office spokesperson said the government has a "serious credible plan to finally restore order to our asylum system", and it will "stop at nothing" to dismantle the business models of people-smuggling gangs.
鈥淲e will continue to take any and all steps necessary to protect Eminem鈥檚 art and will stop at nothing to do so.鈥
鈥淭hey think we鈥檙e too outrageous. They know we鈥檙e real and we鈥檒l stop at nothing, and it scares the s鈥 outta them.鈥
"Everything that I was told by X about them, at the time we were together, has actually been proven to be the case - that they are unscrupulous people who will stop at nothing to achieve what they want."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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