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go to any lengths

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go to any lengths to do something

go to great lengths to do something - to try very hard to achieve something. Some men will go to any lengths (= try any method) to disguise the fact that they're going bald.

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He had already taken complete stock of Monsieur Darzac, and, having decided to go to any lengths to gain Mademoiselle Stangerson, he had planned that, whatever might happen, Monsieur Darzac, his hated rival, should be the man to be suspected. The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context More results

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go through the motions
go through the roof
go through the wringer
go through with

go to any lengths
go to bat for
go to bed with
Go to blazes
go to earth
go to great lengths
go to great lengths to
go to ground

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