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Soheil1 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Make every effort

Hi
What does it mean to make every effort to do something/avoid something?

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Hi - I did everything I possibly could to achieve this - I did everything I possibly could to prevent this Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi - I did everything I possibly could to achieve this - I did everything I possibly could to prevent this Dave
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Hi

- I did everything I possibly could to achieve this

- I did everything I possibly could to prevent this

Dave
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dave_anon
- I did everything I possibly could to achieve this-
I did everything I possibly could to prevent this
Dave
You mean all of those are synonymous? What about if you go out of your way to do something?
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Hi

Yes, that's a good synonym too:

- I went out of my way to do this for you

- I went out of my to try and stop this happening

Dave
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Thanks.
Any other synonym you know of?
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Hi

- I put my all into that

- I did my best to stop it

Idiomatically:

- To get you that order we had to go the extra mile

- To get you out of that we had to pull out all the stops:

Dave

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