to the ends of the earth

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Fig. to the remotest and most inaccessible points on the earth. I'll pursue him to the ends of the earth. We've explored almost the whole world. We've traveled to the ends of the earth trying to learn about our world.

See also: earth, end

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Speak the word, and, as you know, I would take you to the ends of the earth to-morrow. A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context I was afraid Gilbert would insist on rushing off to the ends of the earth when he got through college, and dragging you with him. Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context He said he had expected to improve his mind by coming to Europe, but a man might travel to the ends of the earth with me and never see anything, for I was manifestly endowed with the very genius of ill luck. A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context			to face to go to have a hollow leg to have the hots for to heart's content to hell and gone to hell with to liking to make a long story short to my mind to no avail to put it another way to put it mildly to put too fine a point on it to say nothing of to say the least to shout about to some extent to speak of to that effect to the best of ability to the bitter end to the bone to the contrary to the core to the ends of the earth to the fore to the four winds to the gunwales to the hilt to the last to the letter to the manner born to the max to the nth degree to the point to the tune of To the victors belong the spoils to top it all to way of thinking to whom it may concern to wit toad toady toady to toast today Today here, tomorrow the world toddle toddle along toddle away			to the best of ability to the best of ability to the best of knowledge to the best of knowledge to the best of knowledge to the best of knowledge to the best of knowledge to the best of my knowledge to the best of my knowledge to the best of my knowledge to the best of my knowledge to the best of my knowledge To the Best of My Knowledge and Belief To the Best of My Memory To the Best of My Recollection to the bitter end to the bitter end To the Bone to the contrary to the contrary to the contrary to the contrary to the contrary To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe To the core To the Darker Grounds To the Dome To the End To the End to the ends of the earth To the Extreme To the Faithful Departed to the fore to the fore to the fore to the fore to the fore to the four winds to the four winds to the four winds to the four winds to the four winds to the full to the gills to the gills to the gills to the gills to the good to the good to the good to the gunnels to the gunnels to the gunwales to the highest degree to the hilt to the hilt To the last To the last To the left To the left

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