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