go to any length(s)
go to any length(s)
To do whatever is necessary (to accomplish or attain something), no matter how extreme. Often used hyperbolically. I will go to any length to get an A in this class, professor—I'll clean your office, wash your car, anything! Go to any lengths you need to, just get me a reservation for this Saturday night!
See also: any, go
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
go to any length
Fig. to do whatever is necessary. (See also go to great lengths (to do something).) I'll go to any length to secure this contract. I want to get a college degree, but I won't go to any length to get one.
See also: any, go, length
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
go to any length
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."
See also: any, go, length
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
go to any, great, etc. ˈlengths (to do something)
try very hard (to do something); do whatever is necessary: She went to great lengths to find this book. They were prepared to go to any lengths to help their son.See also: go, length
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
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