See spare no effort on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1951 April, T. S. Lascelles, “British Railway Signalling Since 1925”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 232:",
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"To do everything within one's powers to achieve something."
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"(idiomatic) To do everything within one's powers to achieve something."
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùyíyúlì",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "不遺餘力 /不遗余力"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiéjìnquánlì",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "竭盡全力 /竭尽全力"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "quánlìyǐfù",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "全力以赴"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "tehdä voitavansa"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "tehdä kaikki mahdollinen"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "se mettre en frais"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "tout faire pour"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "ne pas ménager sa peine"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "ne pas ménager ses efforts"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "minden követ megmozgat"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "non risparmiare fatiche"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "nie szczędzić starań"
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"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "nie szczędzić sił"
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"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "não medir esforços"
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"roman": "ne žalétʹ sil",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"tags": [
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"word": "не жале́ть сил"
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"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "no escatimar esfuerzos"
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"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "no dolerle prendas"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "bùyíyúlì",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "不遺餘力 /不遗余力"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiéjìnquánlì",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "竭盡全力 /竭尽全力"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "quánlìyǐfù",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "全力以赴"
},
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"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "tehdä voitavansa"
},
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "tehdä kaikki mahdollinen"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "se mettre en frais"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "tout faire pour"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "ne pas ménager sa peine"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "ne pas ménager ses efforts"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "minden követ megmozgat"
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "non risparmiare fatiche"
},
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "nie szczędzić starań"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "nie szczędzić sił"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "não medir esforços"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne žalétʹ sil",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "не жале́ть сил"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "no escatimar esfuerzos"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "no dolerle prendas"
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