to move heaven and earth

Examples

• All

• I moved heaven and earth to make this operation happen.

  Ascendant (2021)

• People move heaven and earth to see their kids.

  I'll Do Anything (1994)

• We are going to move heaven and earth.

  The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025)

• You would move heaven and earth, to save them.

  Kursk (2018)

• I moved heaven and earth to get you out of there.

  Valentino (1977)

• " Our administration will move heaven and earth to help them."

  Blog text (12)

• I knew that moment I'd move heaven and earth to be with her.

  Soul Plane (2004)

• I mean, your dad and I, when we had troubles, he moved heaven and earth to find me.

  Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

• It's not worth moving heaven and earth and spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.

  Blog text (3)

• Didn't she know, even yet, that he would move heaven and earth to keep her at his side?

  Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

P

to push

vsto move heaven and earth

731 1.5

To try hard to achieve something, especially against difficulty

implies pushing further, covering every possible action for hard aims

S

to strive

vsto move heaven and earth

156 3.7

To work very hard to reach a goal

is more about doing absolutely everything possible for that goal

G

to go out of one's way

vsto move heaven and earth

• Informal

53 3.5

Make a special effort to do something, often to help someone

is broader, meaning to use all possible efforts for a major objective

G

to go all out

vsto move heaven and earth

39 4.1

To try as hard as you can with a lot of energy

is similar but highlights exhaustive effort for especially important aims

P

to push it

vsto move heaven and earth

• Informal

39 5.3

To try very hard to do more than usual

focuses on using every possible measure rather than only exceeding norms

G

to go to great lengths

vsto move heaven and earth

26 4.1

Try very hard to make something happen

focuses on doing every possible thing for a difficult objective

D

to do what it takes

vsto move heaven and earth

18 4.8

Take any action needed to reach a goal, even when it is difficult

stresses making every possible effort especially for major goals

T

to try our best

vsto move heaven and earth

14 2.1

To make as much effort as you can to reach a goal

extends that idea to try every possible action for important aims

S

to spare no effort

vsto move heaven and earth

2 3.9

Do everything possible to achieve something

emphasizes doing all this specifically for a hard important aim

P

to put one's shoulder to the wheel

vsto move heaven and earth

• Informal

2 7.5

To start working very hard to reach a goal

stresses doing every possible effort rather than simply starting hard work

G

to go to the ends of the earth

vsto move heaven and earth

1 5.9

To try very hard and do anything to achieve something

is the same exhaustive effort aimed at difficult or important goals

S

to strain every nerve

vsto move heaven and earth

• Informal

1 7.2

Try as hard as possible to do something

covers that same extreme effort but for especially important tasks

D

to do one's damnedest

vsto move heaven and earth

• NSFW

1 8.6

To try very hard to do something

means the same intense trying but for very difficult important goals

Antonyms

A

to abandon

773 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

N

to neglect

256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

How Hard

to move heaven and earth

• Informal

7 4.2

to go all out

39 4.1

to strive

156 3.7

to try

∞ 1.0

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