at all cost(s)
(also at any cost)Definition
B2 If something must be done or avoided at all costs, it must be done or avoided whatever happens: Security during the president's visit must be maintained at all costs. He wanted her at any cost, even if it meant giving up everything he had.Very important or urgent
(Definition of at all cost(s) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- all-important adjective
- arch- prefix (MAIN)
- be a matter of life and/or death idiom
- burning adjective (STRONG)
- chief adjective (MOST IMPORTANT)
- considerable adjective
- critical adjective (IMPORTANT)
- crucial adjective
- momentous adjective
- no less idiom
- notable adjective
- notably adverb
- noteworthy adjective
- prominent adjective (FAMOUS)
- salient adjective
- seriously adverb (NEEDING ATTENTION)
- substantial adjective (LARGE)
- substantially adverb (LARGE)
- substantive adjective
- supreme adjective, adverb
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