1. Home
2. Idioms
3. go to great lengths

go to great lengths

---

---

go to great lengths (to do something)

 and go to any lengths (to do something)

to work very hard to accomplish something; to expend great efforts in trying to do something. I went to great lengths to explain to him that he was not in any trouble.

See also: great, length

go to great lengths to do something

to try very hard to achieve something I went to great lengths to explain the situation to him but he still didn't seem to understand.

See also: great, length