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move heaven and earth |
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move heaven and earth See at: heaven forbidto do everything you can to achieve something. I moved heaven and earth to get you that interview, and you didn't even bother to show up for it! (usually + to do something) move heaven and earth (to do something) to do everything possible to achieve a result. I have instructed police to move heaven and earth to find whoever is responsible for this terrible crime. move heaven and earth (to do something) |
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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. I was ready to move heaven and earth to persuade my sister, and at last I did persuade her. --'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. |
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