(achieve sth)
61sit down and do something — ˌsit ˈdown and do sth derived to give sth time and attention in order to try to solve a problem or achieve sth • This is something that we should sit down and discuss as a team. Main entry: ↑sitderived …
62work at something — ˈwork at sth derived to make great efforts to achieve sth or do sth well • He s working at losing weight. • Learning to play the piano isn t easy. You have to work at it. Main entry: ↑work …
63interest group — noun (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims the iron interests stepped up production • Syn: ↑interest • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑socia …
64leave 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 …
65special interest group — UK US noun [countable] [singular special interest group plural special interest groups] a group of people who are trying to achieve social or political change on a particular issue Thesaurus: groups of people with shared interests or aims …
66you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs — you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs phrase used for saying that it is impossible to achieve something good without causing some problems or some unpleasant effects Thesaurus: progress and developmentsynonym Main entry: omelette * * * …
67fight — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 struggle using physical force ADJECTIVE ▪ big ▪ fierce ▪ brutal, nasty, vicious ▪ real …
68tool — noun 1 instrument for making/repairing things ADJECTIVE ▪ general purpose, multi purpose ▪ basic, primitive, simple, standard, traditional ▪ craftsmen …
69on spec — As a gamble, on the chance of achieving something • • • Main Entry: ↑spec * * * on spec informal phrase without being asked to do something, or without an agreement that something will happen He wrote to them on spec and they offered him a job!… …
70do your level best (to do something) — do/try your level ˈbest (to do sth) idiom to do as much as you can to try to achieve sth Main entry: ↑levelidiom …
