go to extreme/great lengths
idiom
: to make a great or extreme effort to do something
He went to extreme/great lengths to learn the truth.
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At the extremes, the wealthy may go to great lengths to display their affluence.
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Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Parents may go to great lengths to remove obstacles from their child’s path, unintentionally hindering the development of life skills.
—Jazmin Towe, Parents, 27 Jan. 2025
In the main square, Jemaa el-Fnaa, the busiest square in the entire continent, grab something to eat and fresh juice from the many stalls set up where vendors go to extreme lengths to compete with one another for visitors’ attention.
—Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
In such a vise, translators go to great lengths to sound different from other translators, resulting quite possibly in not sounding like the elusive Kafka at all.
—Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
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Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Parents may go to great lengths to remove obstacles from their child’s path, unintentionally hindering the development of life skills.
—Jazmin Towe, Parents, 27 Jan. 2025
In the main square, Jemaa el-Fnaa, the busiest square in the entire continent, grab something to eat and fresh juice from the many stalls set up where vendors go to extreme lengths to compete with one another for visitors’ attention.
—Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
In such a vise, translators go to great lengths to sound different from other translators, resulting quite possibly in not sounding like the elusive Kafka at all.
—Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
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“Go to extreme/great lengths.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20to%20extreme%2Fgreat%20lengths. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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