verb
Meaning 1
To search or investigate thoroughly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
leave no stone unturned
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verb
Meaning 2
To perform a task carefully and thoroughly, not missing any step.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
search thoroughly and exhaustively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President's murderer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: search, seek, look for
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: onder de loep nemen — search thoroughly
- Finnish: etsiä läpikotaisin — search thoroughly
- Finnish: ei jättää yhtään kiveä kääntämättä — search thoroughly
- German: unter die Lupe nehmen — search thoroughly
- Hungarian: tűvé tesz — search thoroughly
- Icelandic: fínkemba — search thoroughly
- Irish: scag go mion — search thoroughly
- Polish: poruszać niebo i ziemię — search thoroughly
- Polish: poruszyć niebo i ziemię — search thoroughly
- Russian: обива́ть все поро́ги (obivátʹ vse porógi) — search thoroughly
- Spanish: no dejar piedra por mover — search thoroughly
- Spanish: no dejar piedra sin remover — search thoroughly
- Finnish: tehdä kaikkensa — perform a task thoroughly
- Finnish: tehdä läpikotaisin — perform a task thoroughly
- Finnish: ei jätä yhtään kiveä kääntämättä — perform a task thoroughly
- Hungarian: minden követ megmozgat — perform a task thoroughly
- Polish: poruszać niebo i ziemię — perform a task thoroughly
- Polish: poruszyć niebo i ziemię — perform a task thoroughly
- Russian: ка́мня на ка́мне не оста́вить (kámnja na kámne ne ostávitʹ) — perform a task thoroughly
- Spanish: no dejar piedra por mover — perform a task thoroughly
- Spanish: no dejar piedra sin remover — perform a task thoroughly