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.”

Related Words

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