go to extreme/great lengths
idiom
: to make a great or extreme effort to do something
He went to extreme/great lengths to learn the truth.
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And yet if history is any guide, Moscow could go to extreme lengths to preserve its regional dominion.
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Jeffrey Mankoff, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2025
Relationships and dating can involve some degree of shyness and embarrassment, but people often go to great lengths to avoid these feelings.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Mardo Soghom, an Iran analyst and journalist, noted prior to the start of talks several months ago that Iran’s regime will go to great lengths to preserve its right to enrich uranium—the material required for a nuclear weapon.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
Accredited academic institutions simply aren’t very good at arranging in-field work experience, let alone paid work, and will go to great lengths to avoid it.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Jeffrey Mankoff, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2025
Relationships and dating can involve some degree of shyness and embarrassment, but people often go to great lengths to avoid these feelings.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Mardo Soghom, an Iran analyst and journalist, noted prior to the start of talks several months ago that Iran’s regime will go to great lengths to preserve its right to enrich uranium—the material required for a nuclear weapon.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
Accredited academic institutions simply aren’t very good at arranging in-field work experience, let alone paid work, and will go to great lengths to avoid it.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Go to extreme/great lengths.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20to%20extreme%2Fgreat%20lengths. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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