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make every effort

make every effort verb: to do one's utmost.

Verb

make every effort

  1. (idiomatic) To do one's utmost
    • The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.
    • Such contrivances are of the greatest beauty, for they unite all that could be desired, nay, all that appeared wholly ununitable; they complicate, and yet carry the solution in themselves; they produce restlessness, and yet lead to repose; they succeed in reaching the goal, while appearing to be...1914, Kuno Francke (Editor-in-Chief), The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. III

Questions about make every effort

What does make every effort mean?
Make every effort means to do one's utmost.
What part of speech is make every effort?
Make every effort is a verb.

Words near make every effort in the dictionary

  1. make do
  2. make do and mend
  3. make down
  4. make due
  5. make ends meet
  6. make every effort
  7. make eyes
  8. make faces
  9. make fair weather
  10. make fast
  11. make fetch happen

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