move heaven and earth

move heaven and earth
TRY ONE'S HARDEST, do one's best, do one's utmost, do all one can, give one's all, spare no effort, put oneself out; strive, exert oneself, work hard; informal bend over backwards, do one's damnedest, go all out, bust a gut.
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move heaven and earth
To do everything possible
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Main Entry: ↑heaven
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move heaven and earth see under ↑heaven
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Main Entry: ↑move

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see heaven

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move heaven and earth — see ↑move, 1
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Main Entry: ↑earth
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move heaven and earth — see ↑move, 1
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Main Entry: ↑heaven
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move heaven and earth
: to work very hard to do something

He vowed that he would move heaven and earth to finish the project on schedule.

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Main Entry: ↑move

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move heaven and ˈearth idiom
to do everything you possibly can in order to achieve sth
Main entry: ↑moveidiom

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