go to any length



go to any length

Fig. to do whatever is necessary. (See also go to great lengths (to do something).) I'll go to any length to secure this contract. I want to get a college degree, but I won't go to any length to get one.
See also: any, length

go to any length

Also, go to great lengths. Take a great deal of trouble for something, go to extremes. For example, He'll go to great lengths to make a perfect chocolate cake, or, as Benjamin Disraeli put it in Coningsby (1844): "He would go ... [to] any lengths for his party."
See also: any, length

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bran (1)BRANIrish, Irish Mythology
Montgomerymənt-GUM-ər-ee, mənt-GUM-reeEnglish
Eniola-Western African, Yoruba
Nikon-Ancient Greek, Russian
Naira-Native American, Quechua, Aymara
Ezras-Biblical Latin