(achieve sth)
71try 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 …
72go the extra mile (for somebody) — go the ˌextra ˈmile (for sb/sth) idiom to make a special effort to achieve sth, help sb, etc. Main entry: ↑mileidiom …
73go the extra mile (for something) — go the ˌextra ˈmile (for sb/sth) idiom to make a special effort to achieve sth, help sb, etc. Main entry: ↑mileidiom …
74stick at something — ˈstick at sth derived to continue to work in a serious and determined way to achieve sth • If you want to play an instrument well, you ve got to stick at it. Main entry: ↑stickderived …
75work on something — ˈwork on sth derived to try hard to improve or achieve sth • You need to work on your pronunciation a bit more. • ‘Have you sorted out a babysitter yet?’ ‘No, but I m working on it.’ Main entry: ↑work …
76at all costs — adverb regardless of the cost involved he wanted to save her life at all cost • Syn: ↑at any cost, ↑at any expense * * * at all costs or at any cost No matter what the cost or consequences may be (also (old) cost what may) • • • Main Entry: ↑ …
77fast track — noun a rapid means of achieving a goal they saw independence as the fast track to democracy he took a fast track to the top of the corporate ladder the company went off the fast track when the stock market dropped • Hypernyms: ↑means, ↑agency,… …
78special interest — noun an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor • Hypernyms: ↑interest, ↑interest group * * * noun, pl ⋯ ests [count] chiefly US : a… …
79move heaven and earth — TRY ONE S HARDEST, do one s best, do one s utmost, do all one can, give one s all, spare no effort, put oneself out; strive, exert oneself, work hard; informal bend over backwards, do one s damnedest, go all out, bust a gut. → heaven * * * move… …
80advocacy group — UK US noun [countable] [singular advocacy group plural advocacy groups] a group of people who work to support an issue or protect and defend a group of people a children’s advocacy group Thesaurus: groups of people with s …
