spare
verb (TRY HARD) /speər/
/sper/ Definition
spare no effort/expense C2 to use a lot of effort, expense, etc. to do something: [+ to infinitive] We will spare no effort to find out who did this.Using and misusing not spare yourself formal › to try as hard as you can to achieve something: She never spared herself in the pursuit of excellence.Trying and making an effortEffort and expending energy
(Definition of spare verb (TRY HARD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- adopt verb (START USING)
- adoption noun (STARTING TO USE)
- avail yourself of sth phrasal verb
- be (of) (any/some) use idiom
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- consume verb (USE RESOURCE)
- exhaust verb (USE)
- get/muscle in on the act idiom
- give/allow sth full play idiom
- go into sth phrasal verb (BE USED)
- go through sth phrasal verb (USE)
- gobble sth up phrasal verb
- spent adjective
- swallow verb (TAKE AWAY)
- take sth from sb phrasal verb
- tap verb (GET)
- trade on sth phrasal verb
- turn sth over phrasal verb (USE)
- turn to sth phrasal verb
- turn/use sth to good account idiom
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