to achieve one's goal
41use\ every\ trick\ in\ the\ book — v. phr. informal To avail oneself of any means at all in order to achieve one s goal, not exclusive of possibly immoral or illegal acts. Algernon used every trick in the book to get Maxine to go out with him, but she kept refusing …
42come short of — fail to achieve one s goal, miss, fail …
43subterfuge — [ sʌbtəfju:dʒ] noun a trick or deception used in order to achieve one s goal. Origin C16: from Fr., or from late L. subterfugium, from L. subterfugere escape secretly , from subter beneath + fugere flee …
44stone — /stoʊn / (say stohn) noun 1. the hard substance of which rocks consist. 2. a particular kind of rock. 3. Mining opal bearing material. 4. a piece of rock of definite size, shape, etc., for a particular purpose. 5. a piece of rock of small or… …
45subterfuge — ► NOUN ▪ a trick or deception used in order to achieve one s goal. ORIGIN from Latin subterfugere escape secretly …
46pace oneself — To work in a slow, steady and controlled way in order to achieve one s goal without wasting resources • • • Main Entry: ↑pace …
47hit a target — achieve what one is attempting, reach one s goal; hit a bullseye, strike what one is aiming at …
48Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
49United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
50France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
