at all costs

Idioms  

1. Also,. Regardless of the expense or effort involved, by any means. For example, Ann told the doctor to preserve her mother's sight at all costs, or It seems the company plans to develop the product at any cost, or I'm determined to get vacation time at any price. [Mid-1800s]

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at all costs

And they must be protected at all costs.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

Cofnas’s case soon mushroomed into a test of free speech at Cambridge, with academics publicly urging Cambridge to either terminate Cofnas or keep him on at all costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Tim Draper at his namesake university, where freedom is promoted "at all costs"

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

You don’t want to turn into another person who is lobbying your grandmother at all costs.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

So Lancelot must be stopped at all costs, until the castle had been put in posture of defence.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White