- go\ to\ any\ length
- v. phr.To do everything you can.
Bill will go to any length to keep Dick from getting a date with Mary.
Compare: all-out
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
go\ to\ any\ length
Look at other dictionaries:
any length — ● length … Useful english dictionary
go to any length — {v. phr.} To do everything you can. * /Bill will go to any length to keep Dick from getting a date with Mary./ Compare: ALL OUT … Dictionary of American idioms
go to any length — {v. phr.} To do everything you can. * /Bill will go to any length to keep Dick from getting a date with Mary./ Compare: ALL OUT … Dictionary of American idioms
go to any length — (or go to any/extreme/great (etc.) lengths) : to make a great or extreme effort to do something She ll go to any length to avoid doing work. = She ll go to any lengths to avoid doing work. He went to great lengths to learn the truth. • • • Main… … Useful english dictionary
go to any length(s) — idi go to any length(s), to do anything required to accomplish one s purpose … From formal English to slang
go to any length/lengths — see ↑length • • • Main Entry: ↑any … Useful english dictionary
go to any length(s) — DO ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING, go to any extreme. → length … Useful english dictionary
length — W2S2 [leŋθ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(size)¦ 2¦(time)¦ 3¦(books/films etc)¦ 4 run/stretch/walk etc the (full) length of something 5 shoulder length/knee length etc 6 go to some/great/any lengths (to do something) 7 at (some/great etc) length 8 the length and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
length — [ leŋθ ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount a measurement of how long something is in size: Cut the cloth to the required length. This beautiful bird is small, with a total length of about three inches. The length of your swimming pool is not… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
length — [leŋkth, leŋth] n. [ME < OE lengthu < base of lang, LONG1 + TH1] 1. the measure of how long a thing is; measurement of anything from end to end; the greatest of the two or three dimensions of anything 2. extent in space; distance anything… … English World dictionary
