do the impossible en · VERB
Meanings
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To accomplish something in spite of overwhelming odds against it.
What I ask is, will you use your influence within your Party? I do not ask the impossible, though I might from you, for you have done the impossible.
2022, Inez Haynes Gillmore, The Story of the Woman's Party:Reade's androgyne does the impossible by being not only the product of desire, but also the producer of desire.
1998, Jennifer DeVere Brody, Impossible Purities, page 118:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| does the impossible | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| did the impossible | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| done the impossible | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| doing the impossible | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
move mountains · do one's utmost · ask the impossible
Translations (9)
it fare l'impossibile (Translations) · cmn 做到別人認為不可能的事 /做到别人认为不可能的事 (Translations) · fr faire l'impossible (Translations) · sv ta ner månen (Translations) · de das Unmögliche tun (Translations) · es hacer lo imposible (Translations) · fi tehdä mahdottomia (Translations) · pl dokonywać niemożliwego (Translations) · sv göra det omöjliga (Translations)