"stop at nothing" meaning in English

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      "form": "stops at nothing",
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      "form": "stopping at nothing",
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      "form": "stopped at nothing",
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        "past"
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      "form": "stopped at nothing",
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He will stop at nothing to destroy his enemies.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take any measures to do or achieve something, especially if it involves great risk or danger; to do everything in one's power."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To take any measures to do or achieve something, especially if it involves great risk or danger; to do everything in one's power."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stick at nothing"
        }
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùxī yīqiè",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "不惜一切"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùzéshǒuduàn",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "不擇手段 /不择手段"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wúsuǒbùwéi",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "無所不為 /无所不为"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wúsuǒ bùyòng qí jí",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "無所不用其極 /无所不用其极"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "different structure: \"Nothing stops...\"",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "pysäyttää"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "s’arrêter à rien"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "hör vor nichts auf"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "non fermarsi davanti a niente"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "pare em nada"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ostanovitsja ni pered čem",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "остановится ни перед чем"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "no detenerse ante nada"
        }
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  "word": "stop at nothing"
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      "form": "stops at nothing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "stopping at nothing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stopped at nothing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stopped at nothing",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  ],
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        {
          "text": "He will stop at nothing to destroy his enemies.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To take any measures to do or achieve something, especially if it involves great risk or danger; to do everything in one's power."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To take any measures to do or achieve something, especially if it involves great risk or danger; to do everything in one's power."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stick at nothing"
        }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùxī yīqiè",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "不惜一切"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùzéshǒuduàn",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "不擇手段 /不择手段"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúsuǒbùwéi",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "無所不為 /无所不为"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúsuǒ bùyòng qí jí",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "無所不用其極 /无所不用其极"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "different structure: \"Nothing stops...\"",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "pysäyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "s’arrêter à rien"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "hör vor nichts auf"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "non fermarsi davanti a niente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "pare em nada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ostanovitsja ni pered čem",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "остановится ни перед чем"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "no detenerse ante nada"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stop at nothing"
}