go to any length
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When it appeared on the runway, it also proved nearly impossible to walk in, the skirt was so tight; a not unusual corollary to Mugler’s tendency to go to any length necessary for aesthetic impact.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2022
“I knew then that the group believes the ends justify the means and they would go to any length to smear me, which they did,” Boyle said via text message.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2022
On the best TV shows, emotionally battered characters go to any length to postpone grief, or sever it, or take it on a vacation, only to find that it won’t be denied.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2022
Much like his father-in-law, he does appear to be willing to go to any length to wriggle out of a jam.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2019
I would go to any length to help him in ways familiar to me, but I could never stake him to a stone house.
From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Comfort, Will Levington
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