Leave No Stone Unturned

Definition: Leave No Stone Unturned

Leave No Stone Unturned

Verb

1. Search thoroughly and exhaustively; "The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President's murderer".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Exertion

Take pains; do one's best, do one's level best, do one's utmost; give one hundred percent, do the best one can, do all one can, do all in one's power, do as much as in one lies, do what lies in one's power; use one's best endeavor, use one's utmost endeavor; try one's best, try one's utmost; play one's best card; put one's best leg foremost, put one's right leg foremost; have one's whole soul in his work, put all one's strength into, strain every nerve; spare no efforts, spare no pains; go all lengths; go through fire and water; (resolution); move heaven and earth, leave no stone unturned.

Inquiry

Look into every hole and corner, peer into every hole and corner, pry into every hole and corner; nose; trace up; search out, hunt down, hunt out, fish out, ferret out; unearth; leave no stone unturned.

Books

• Ethical Practice and the Abuse of Power in Social Responsibility: Leave No Stone Unturned (reference)

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Expression using "leave no stone unturned": To leave no stone unturned. Additional references.

Albanian

nuk lë gurë pa luajtur. (various references)

Hungarian

minden követ megmozgat (to leave no stone unturned, to make every endeavour to, to pull every string). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

手段�'尽くす (to leave no stone unturned, to try everything). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しゅ� �"�'つくす (to leave no stone unturned, to try everything). (various references)

Pig Latin

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