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spared no expense

spared no expense is the simple past and past participle of spare no expense.

Meaning of spare no expense

Verb

spare no expense (third-person singular simple present spares no expense, present participle sparing no expense, simple past and past participle spared no expense)

  1. To be willing to pay as much as necessary to achieve an objective.
    • The railways are fully alive to the position, and are sparing neither effort nor expense to provide more attractive trains and to effect economies, but in such circumstances some curtailment of services is inevitable.1958 May, “Railway Difficulties in the U.S.A.”, in Railway Magazine, page 296

Questions about spared no expense

What is spared no expense the simple past and past participle of?
Spared no expense is the simple past and past participle of spare no expense.

Words near spared no expense in the dictionary

  1. spareable
  2. Sparean
  3. spared
  4. spared a thought for
  5. spared no effort
  6. spared no expense
  7. spared someone the details
  8. spared someone's blushes
  9. spareful
  10. spareless
  11. sparely

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