go to any length

Idioms  

1. Also, go to great lengths. Take a great deal of trouble for something, go to extremes. For example, He'll go to great lengths to make a perfect chocolate cake, or, as Benjamin Disraeli put it in Coningsby (1844): “He would go ... [to] any lengths for his party.”

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Example Sentences

"Anyone who has a child like my daughter - that could potentially die from these seizures - as a mother you go to any length for her," says Elaine.

From BBC

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

“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

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

“The political candidate dares to risk the public rejection that most of us will go to any length to avoid.”

From New York Times