left no stone unturned

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• leave no stone unturned — verb search thoroughly and exhaustively The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President s murderer • Hypernyms: ↑search, ↑seek, ↑look for • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * leave no stone unturned To do …   Useful english dictionary

• leave no stone unturned — {v. phr.} To try in every way; miss no chance; do everything possible. Usually used in the negative. * /The police will leave no stone unturned in their search for the bank robbers./ Compare: ALL OUT, BEND HEAVEN AND EARTH, FINE TOOTH COMB …   Dictionary of American idioms

• leave no stone unturned — {v. phr.} To try in every way; miss no chance; do everything possible. Usually used in the negative. * /The police will leave no stone unturned in their search for the bank robbers./ Compare: ALL OUT, BEND HEAVEN AND EARTH, FINE TOOTH COMB …   Dictionary of American idioms

• leave no stone unturned —    If you look everywhere to find something, or try everything to achieve something, you leave no stone unturned.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you try everything possible in order to achieve or to find something, you leave no stone… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• leave no stone unturned — verb a) To search thoroughly for something, looking in every conceivable place. James Sutherland insists Australia had no alternative but to cancel the tour. We have left no stone unturned in trying to ensure the tour could proceed as planned but …   Wiktionary

• leave no stone unturned — look everywhere, look high and low    In our search for Mom s wedding ring, we left no stone unturned …   English idioms

• leave no stone unturned — try in every way, do everything possible The police left no stone unturned when they were looking for the little girl who was lost …   Idioms and examples

• To leave no stone unturned — Unturned Un*turned , a. [Pref. un + turned.] Not turned; not revolved or reversed. [1913 Webster] {To leave no stone unturned}, to leave nothing untried for accomplishing one s purpose. [1913 Webster] [He] left unturned no stone To make my guilt… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• leave no stone unturned — to do everything possible to solve a problem or to find something out No stone will be left unturned in the investigation into the murder …   English dictionary

• stone — stone1 W1S2 [stəun US stoun] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(rock)¦ 2¦(piece of rock)¦ 3¦(jewellery)¦ 4¦(fruit)¦ 5¦(medical)¦ 6¦(weight)¦ 7 a stone s throw from something/away (from something) 8 be made of stone 9 not be carved/etched in stone …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• unturned — adjective Not turned. They left no stone unturned in their search …   Wiktionary