go to great lengths to

go to great lengths to do something

to try very hard to achieve a result This champion marathon runner is going to great lengths to help needy children. Both sides have gone to great lengths to emphasize areas of similarity in their proposals.

Related vocabulary: take (great) pains to do something

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kateryna	kah-te-RI-nah	Ukrainian
Loki	LO-kee	Norse Mythology
Maureen	maw-REEN, MAWR-een	Irish, English
Amarjeet	-	Indian (Sikh)
Lydie	-	French
Milivoj	MEE-lee-voi (Croatian, Serbian)	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic