at all costs

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at all costs and at any cost

Fig. regardless of the difficulty or cost; no matter what. I intend to have that car at all costs. Mary was going to get that job at any cost.

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We must not, therefore, at all costs keep to the received legends, which are the usual subjects of Tragedy. The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context But you see a fancy has occurred to me and I want to realise it at all costs. Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context When she saw once more those composed gestures, heard that shrill, childish, and sarcastic voice, her aversion for him extinguished her pity for him, and she felt only afraid, but at all costs she wanted to make clear her position. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context			associate oneself with associate with assume assume liability for assure of astound with astray at a crossroads at a dead end at a disadvantage at a glance at a good clip at a loss at a loss for words at a moment's notice at a pinch at a premium at a price at a push at a rate of knots at a set time at a sitting at a snail's pace at a stretch at a time at all costs at all hours at all times at an early date at an end at any cost at any price at any rate at bay at beck and call at best at close range at convenience at cross purposes at cross-purposes at death's door at doorstep at each other's throats at earliest convenience at ease at elbow at every turn at expense at face value at fault at fingertips			at a push at a rate of knots at a right angle at a right angle At a round rate at a set time at a sitting at a snail's gallop at a snail's pace At a start at a stretch at a stroke at a stroke at a stroke at a stroke at a subsequent period at a succeeding time at a time at a time at a venture at a venture at a venture at a word at a word at a word at a word at all at all at all at all at all costs at all events at all events at all events at all events at all events at all events At all hands at all hours At All Pink Floyd Fan Network At all points At all right at all times at all times at an early date at an end at an end at an equal rate At anchor AT and T AT and T at any cost at any cost at any cost at any cost at any cost at any cost at any expense At any hand at any minute at any minute

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