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.

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lone	LO-ne	Danish
Keti	-	Georgian
Iudith	-	Biblical Latin
Aleksy	ahl-EK-si	Polish
Acreman	['eikəmən]
Youko	yo:-ko	Japanese