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spares no effort

spares no effort is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spare no effort.

Meaning of spare no effort

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To do everything within one's powers to achieve something.
    • This reflects credit not only on the railway staffs concerned but on the various signalling firms, which have spared no effort to carry out research work, and test and apply, when feasible, every new idea.1951 April, T. S. Lascelles, “British Railway Signalling Since 1925”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 232

Questions about spares no effort

What is spares no effort the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Spares no effort is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spare no effort.

Words near spares no effort in the dictionary

  1. sparerib
  2. spareribs
  3. sparers
  4. spares
  5. spares a thought for
  6. spares no effort
  7. spares no expense
  8. spares someone the details
  9. spares someone's blushes
  10. sparesome
  11. sparest

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