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at all costs

at all costs adverb: as an absolute imperative; sparing no effort or expense.

Adverb

at all costs (not comparable)

  1. As an absolute imperative; sparing no effort or expense
    • We have to retain the majority at all costs.
    • Of course, closure of the West station took away the hotel's raison d'être. In May 2012, the local newspaper reported that this historic hotel, by then rated the town's worst (exemplified by its final review: "Please avoid at all costs"), was to be converted into 31 first-time-buyer one-bedroom...2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Bournemouth (circa 1880)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60

at all costs meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese

at all costs in Tamil

இசைமை

at all costs in Arabic

sparing no effort
بِأَيِّ ثَمَنٍ biʔayyi ṯamanin

at all costs in Persian

sparing no effort
به هر قیمتی که شده be har qeymati ke šode, به هر قیمتی be har qeymati

at all costs in Vietnamese

sparing no effort
bằng mọi giá

Synonyms of at all costs

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Questions about at all costs

What does at all costs mean?
At all costs means as an absolute imperative; sparing no effort or expense.
What is at all costs in Tamil?
At all costs in Tamil is இசைமை. See At all costs meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is at all costs?
At all costs is an adverb.

Words near at all costs in the dictionary

  1. at a time
  2. at a venture
  3. at adventure
  4. at all
  5. at all adventures
  6. at all costs
  7. at all events
  8. at all hands
  9. at all hours
  10. at all points
  11. at all risks

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