stop at nothing

Idioms and Phrases

Do everything in one's power, be prevented by no obstacle, as in She'll stop at nothing to get her revenge . This expression was first recorded in John Dryden's Aurengzebe (1676): “The World is made for the bold impious man; Who stops at nothing, seizes all he can.”

Example Sentences

If he had the same stop-at-nothing work ethic, he had told himself, then maybe he could be as good as Bryant.

From Los Angeles Times

Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones plays a stop-at-nothing beauty pageant coach in the new online comedy series “Queen America.”

From Los Angeles Times

Kaneshiro’s stop-at-nothing approach is part of his office’s “no-drop” policy for domestic violence cases.

From Slate

For four seasons, viewers have seen her in the role of Claire Underwood, the Machiavellian partner of stop-at-nothing politician, Frank Underwood, played by Kevin Spacey.

From BBC

“This is a brand new world,” Quaid said of the distribution vehicle for his new show, which explores the darker side of human nature via the stop-at-nothing hustlers and sharks who work the angles of the high-end world of auction houses.

From The Guardian

Related Words

• determined
• dogged
• ferocious
• fierce
• harsh
• implacable
• inexorable
• rigorous
• ruthless
• single-minded
• uncompromising
• unforgiving
• unrelenting
• unstoppable
• unyielding