go to any length
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His team under performed in too many areas but the simple truth is that Ireland have more guns than they have, more toughness, more characters who will go to any length in order to win.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
“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
He theorizes that the Bedouin adoption of rice — a costly foreign grain — as a central ingredient in their cuisine may stem from their famed willingness to go to any length to demonstrate generosity.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
Nor will I go to any length to deal with his well-known and even notorious character.
From The Daffodil Mystery by Wallace, Edgar
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