stop at nothing
Definition
C1 If you stop at nothing to achieve something, you are willing to do anything in order to achieve it, even if it involves danger, great effort, or harming other people: She'll stop at nothing to get her revenge.Strong-willed
(Definition of stop at nothing from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a firm hand idiom
- adamant adjective
- aggressive adjective
- an iron hand/fist in a velvet glove idiom
- be as stubborn as a mule idiom
- firmly adverb (FORCEFULLY)
- forceful adjective
- four-square adverb
- gutsy adjective
- hard-boiled adjective (STRONG)
- persistent adjective
- pertinacious adjective
- pigheaded adjective
- purposeful adjective
- pushy adjective
- undaunted adjective
- unrelenting adjective
- unyielding adjective (NOT CHANGING)
- urgent adjective (REPEATED)
- wedded adjective (BELIEF)
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