"spare no expense" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: spares no expense [present, singular, third-person], sparing no expense [participle, present], spared no expense [participle, past], spared no expense [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} spare no expense (third-person singular simple present spares no expense, present participle sparing no expense, simple past and past participle spared no expense)
  1. To be willing to pay as much as necessary to achieve an objective. Related terms: spare no effort Translations (do everything within one's powers to achieve something): maksoi mitä maksoi (Finnish), se mettre en frais (French), non badare a spese (Italian), nie oszczędzać [imperfective] (Polish), nie oszczędzić [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-spare_no_expense-en-verb-V-zsPUiw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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