"go to extraordinary lengths" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes to extraordinary lengths [present, singular, third-person], going to extraordinary lengths [participle, present], went to extraordinary lengths [past], gone to extraordinary lengths [participle, past], go to great lengths [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> to extraordinary lengths}} go to extraordinary lengths (third-person singular simple present goes to extraordinary lengths, present participle going to extraordinary lengths, simple past went to extraordinary lengths, past participle gone to extraordinary lengths)
  1. To make a great effort.
    Sense id: en-go_to_extraordinary_lengths-en-verb-o7Ma5s1K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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