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spare no effort en · VERB

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To do everything within one's powers to achieve something.
   • The railways are fully alive to the position, and are sparing neither effort nor expense to provide more attractive trains and to effect economies, but in such circumstances some curtailment of services is inevitable. 1958 May 14, “Railway Difficulties in the U.S.A.”, in Railway Magazine, page 296:
   • This reflects credit not only on the railway staffs concerned but on the various signalling firms, which have spared no effort to carry out research work, and test and apply, when feasible, every new idea. 1951 April, T. S. Lascelles, “British Railway Signalling Since 1925”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 232:

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Relateds

spare no expense · beg, borrow, or steal · at pains · go to pains · go to great lengths

Translations (18)

fi tehdä kaikki mahdollinen (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · hu minden követ megmozgat (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · cmn 全力以赴 (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · es no escatimar esfuerzos (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · fr tout faire pour (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · pt não medir esforços (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · ru не жале́ть сил (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · fi tehdä voitavansa (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · es no dolerle prendas (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · fr ne pas ménager ses efforts (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · pl poruszać niebo i ziemię (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · pl poruszyć niebo i ziemię (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · fr se mettre en frais (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · it non risparmiare fatiche (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · cmn 竭盡全力 /竭尽全力 (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · fr ne pas ménager sa peine (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · cmn 不遺餘力 /不遗余力 (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) · ar لا يدّخر جهدًا (do everything within one's powers to achieve something)