"stop at nothing" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stops at nothing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stopping at nothing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stopped at nothing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stopped at nothing",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "stop at nothing (third-person singular simple present stops at nothing, present participle stopping at nothing, simple past and past participle stopped at nothing)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He will stop at nothing to destroy his enemies."
        }
      ],
      "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-stop_at_nothing-en-verb-ZZDAut1R",
      "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"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "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",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "不擇手段"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùzéshǒuduàn",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "不择手段"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "無所不為"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wúsuǒbùwéi",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "无所不为"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "無所不用其極"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wúsuǒ bùyòng qí jí",
          "sense": "take any measures to do something",
          "word": "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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-stop at nothing.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/En-au-stop_at_nothing.ogg/En-au-stop_at_nothing.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/En-au-stop_at_nothing.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stop at nothing"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stops at nothing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stopping at nothing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stopped at nothing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stopped at nothing",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "stop at nothing (third-person singular simple present stops at nothing, present participle stopping at nothing, simple past and past participle stopped at nothing)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He will stop at nothing to destroy his enemies."
        }
      ],
      "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."
      ],
      "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"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-stop at nothing.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/En-au-stop_at_nothing.ogg/En-au-stop_at_nothing.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/En-au-stop_at_nothing.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "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",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "不擇手段"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùzéshǒuduàn",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "不择手段"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "無所不為"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúsuǒbùwéi",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "无所不为"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "無所不用其極"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúsuǒ bùyòng qí jí",
      "sense": "take any measures to do something",
      "word": "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"
}