"move mountains" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-move mountains.ogg [Australia] Forms: moves mountains [present, singular, third-person], moving mountains [participle, present], moved mountains [participle, past], moved mountains [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} move mountains (third-person singular simple present moves mountains, present participle moving mountains, simple past and past participle moved mountains)
  1. (idiomatic) To make every possible effort in order to achieve something. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: move heaven and earth
    Sense id: en-move_mountains-en-verb-D6e-2cDt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for move mountains meaning in All languages combined (1.7kB)

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