move heaven and earth

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to do everything you can to achieve something (usually + to do sth) I moved heaven and earth to get you that interview, and you didn't even bother to show up for it!

See also: and, earth, heaven, move

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But if he should give them notice at Lady Day, Arthur and I must move heaven and earth to mollify him. Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context I was ready to move heaven and earth to persuade my sister, and at last I did persuade her. Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context --'Yes; take some fancy name--Simkins, Johnson, Giles, Jones, James,' says he, 'what you like bu t Dulcifer; for that scamp Softly will move heaven and earth to trace her. A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context			mourn for mouse mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken mouth mouth full of South mouth off mouth on mouthful movable movable feast move move a muscle move ahead of move along move around move around and move about Move arse! move aside move away move away from move back move down move for move forward move forward with move heaven and earth move heaven and earth to do move in move in for the kill move in on move in with move into move mountains move off move on move out move over move the goalposts move to move to some place move to tears move toward move up move up a gear move up in the world move up into move up through move up to moved to tears mover movers and shakers			move away move away move away from move back move back move back and forth move backward move beyond someone or something move by persuasion Move Characters Move Characters Long move clear of something move close to someone or something Move Closer to the Exchange Move Closer to Your World Move Double Quadword Non-Temporal move down move down in the world Move Entity Manager move fast move for move forward move forward move forward move forward with Move from Code memory Move from Processor Register move furtively move heaven and earth move heaven and earth to do Move Immediate move in move in move in move in Move in Condition move in for the kill move in for the kill move in for the kill move in for the kill move in for the kill move in for the kill move in on move in on move in on move in on Move In Rig Up move in the fast lane move in with move into move into move into move into full swing move involuntarily Move It or Lose It move like the wind move mode move mountains move near

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