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spares no expense

spares no expense is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 spares no expense

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

Words near spares no expense in the dictionary

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

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