Phrase guide

spare no effort

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To do everything within one's powers to achieve something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لا يدّخر جهدًا — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不遺餘力 /不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì) — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 竭盡全力 /竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì) — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù) — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • Finnish: tehdä voitavansa — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • Finnish: tehdä kaikki mahdollinen — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • French: se mettre en frais — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • French: tout faire pour — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • French: ne pas ménager sa peine — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • French: ne pas ménager ses efforts — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • Hungarian: minden követ megmozgat — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • Italian: non risparmiare fatiche — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • Polish: poruszać niebo i ziemię — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • Polish: poruszyć niebo i ziemię — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • Portuguese: não medir esforços — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • Russian: не жале́ть сил (ne žalétʹ sil) — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • Spanish: no escatimar esfuerzos — do everything within one's powers to achieve something
  • Spanish: no dolerle prendas — do everything within one's powers to achieve something