See spare no expense on Wiktionary
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"To be willing to pay as much as necessary to achieve an objective."
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"word": "spare no effort"
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"translations": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "maksoi mitä maksoi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "se mettre en frais"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "non badare a spese"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"tags": [
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"word": "nie oszczędzać"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
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"word": "nie oszczędzić"
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"word": "spare no expense"
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"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "maksoi mitä maksoi"
},
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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": "it",
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"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
"word": "non badare a spese"
},
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"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
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"sense": "do everything within one's powers to achieve something",
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],
"word": "spare no expense"
}
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