to go to the ends of the earth
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5.9
- idiom
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- And I will go to the ends of the earth to get it done.
And I will go to the ends of the earth to get it done.
- And I will go to the ends of the earth to get it done.
- We're all on a hamster wheel looking for love on Mars and going to the ends of the Earth when it's all right here.
- I don't want to receive them, no thank you, but I will go to the ends of the earth to get you the perfect gift.
- Noah Holly, the wonderful Noah Holly who I'd I'd go to the ends of the earth to work with that guy again.
Examples
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That I will go to the ends of the earth for someone I admire?
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He'd have gone to the ends of the earth for Rachel.
Fiction book (1998) -
And he just is, he goes to the ends of the earth for his son.
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With such a friend, I am ready to go to the ends of the earth.
Fiction book (1996) -
I love how a man would go to the ends of the earth for a woman he loves.
Blog text (4) -
When he desires a woman, brief though that moment may be, he will go to the ends of the earth for her.
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I don't want to receive them, no thank you, but I will go to the ends of the earth to get you the perfect gift.
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We're all on a hamster wheel looking for love on Mars and going to the ends of the Earth when it's all right here.
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Oliver, I would go to the ends of the earth for you, I would do anything for you, but I won't stand by and watch this lifestyle of yours put you in a wooden box.
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I would go to the ends of the earth to support my best friend during tough times.
Synonyms
156
3.7
To work very hard to reach a goal
101
5.2
Willing to do anything needed to reach a goal, however hard
53
3.5
Make a special effort to do something, often to help someone
39
4.1
To try as hard as you can with a lot of energy
39
5.3
To try very hard to do more than usual
26
3.7
To do more than is required to help others or complete a task
26
4.1
Try very hard to make something happen
18
4.8
Take any action needed to reach a goal, even when it is difficult
17
5.2
Do everything possible to make something succeed
16
4.6
To keep working on a task until it is finished, even when it is hard
14
2.1
To make as much effort as you can to reach a goal
8
4.4
Try every possible way and search everywhere to achieve a goal
7
4.2
Do everything you can to achieve something important
7
5.1
Make a person or thing work as hard as possible until they cannot keep going
5
3.2
To try as hard as possible
2
3.9
Do everything possible to achieve something
2
7.5
To start working very hard to reach a goal
1
7.2
Use all your energy and take big risks to test your skill
1
6.9
To make a big effort beyond your usual limits
1
8.6
To try very hard to do something
1
7.2
Try as hard as possible to do something
To try as hard as possible to do something
To do very hard, long tasks until you are very tired
Antonyms
How Determined
- Informal
7
4.2
1
5.9
26
4.1
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
go + to + the + end + of + the + Earth
The phrase literally combines 'go' (travel) with 'ends of the earth' (the furthest places), so its core imagery is directly derivable from the constituents. However, the intended meaning — making every possible effort or going to extreme lengths — is a conventionalized hyperbolic/metaphorical extension rather than a strictly literal motion, so a B1 learner may only partially infer it without prior exposure; similar hyperbolic expressions exist in many languages, which makes it somewhat predictable but not fully transparent.
Etymology
Go to the ends of the earth makes a strong image: to go all the way to the ends of the earth, the most distant places you can imagine. That's why it means 'to make every possible effort', even if something is very difficult.