leave no stone unturned

leave no stone unturned
Synonyms and related words:
carry through, clear the decks, comb, consider every angle, exhaust every move, follow out, follow through, follow up, forearm, go all lengths, go all out, go for broke, go the limit, guard against, hedge, leave nothing undone, leave out nothing, look all over, look everywhere, make every effort, make sure, make sure against, not relax, not rest, overlook no possibility, overlook nothing, play safe, prepare for, provide a hedge, provide against, provide for, rake, ransack, reef down, rifle, rummage, scour, search high heaven, see it through, see out, shake, shake down, shorten sail, spare no effort, spare no pains, take measures, take precautions, take steps, toss, turn inside out, turn upside down

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  • leave no stone unturned — {v. phr.} To try in every way; miss no chance; do everything possible. Usually used in the negative. * /The police will leave no stone unturned in their search for the bank robbers./ Compare: ALL OUT, BEND HEAVEN AND EARTH, FINE TOOTH COMB …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • leave no stone unturned — {v. phr.} To try in every way; miss no chance; do everything possible. Usually used in the negative. * /The police will leave no stone unturned in their search for the bank robbers./ Compare: ALL OUT, BEND HEAVEN AND EARTH, FINE TOOTH COMB …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • leave no stone unturned — If you look everywhere to find something, or try everything to achieve something, you leave no stone unturned …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • leave no stone unturned — ► leave no stone unturned try every possible course of action in order to achieve something. Main Entry: ↑stone …   English terms dictionary

  • leave no stone unturned — verb search thoroughly and exhaustively The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President s murderer • Hypernyms: ↑search, ↑seek, ↑look for • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * leave no stone unturned To do …   Useful english dictionary

  • leave no stone unturned —    If you look everywhere to find something, or try everything to achieve something, you leave no stone unturned.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you try everything possible in order to achieve or to find something, you leave no stone… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • leave\ no\ stone\ unturned — v. phr. To try in every way; miss no chance; do everything possible. Usually used in the negative. The police will leave no stone unturned in their search for the bank robbers. Compare: all out, move heaven and earth, fine tooth comb …   Словарь американских идиом

  • leave no stone unturned — to do everything possible in order to achieve or find something. Both sides have vowed to leave no stone unturned in the search for peace …   New idioms dictionary

  • Leave no stone unturned —   If you look everywhere to find something, or try everything to achieve something, you leave no stone unturned …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • leave no stone unturned — verb a) To search thoroughly for something, looking in every conceivable place. James Sutherland insists Australia had no alternative but to cancel the tour. We have left no stone unturned in trying to ensure the tour could proceed as planned but …   Wiktionary

  • leave no stone unturned — look everywhere, look high and low    In our search for Mom s wedding ring, we left no stone unturned …   English idioms

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