leave no stone unturned
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leave 1
(lēv)v. left (lĕft), leav·ing, leaves
v.tr.
1. To go out of or away from: not allowed to leave the room.
2.
a. To go without taking or removing: left my book on the bus.
b. To omit or exclude: left out the funniest part of the story.
3. To have as a result, consequence, or remainder: The car left a trail of exhaust fumes. Two from eight leaves six.
4. To cause or allow to be or remain in a specified state: left the lights on.
5.
a. To have remaining after death: left a young son.
b. To bequeath: left her money to charity.
6. To give over to another to control or act on: Leave all the details to us.
7.
a. To abandon or forsake: leave home; left her husband.
b. To remove oneself from association with or participation in: left the navy for civilian life.
8.
a. To give or deposit, as for use or information, upon one's departure or in one's absence: He left a note for you. Leave your name and address.
b. To cause or permit to be or remain: left myself plenty of time.
9. Nonstandard To allow or permit; let.
v.intr.
Phrasal Verb: To set out or depart; go: When can you leave?
leave off
Idioms: 1. To stop; cease.
2. To stop doing or using.
leave/let alone
To refrain from disturbing or interfering.
leave no stone unturned
To make every possible effort.
leav′er n.
Usage Note: In formal writing leave is not an acceptable substitute for let in the sense "to allow or permit." Thus in the following examples, only let should be used: Let me be. Let him go. Let us not quarrel. This use of leave is normally edited out of written prose but remains common in speech. · Leave alone is an acceptable substitute for let alone in the sense "to refrain from disturbing or interfering with." As far back as 1968, a majority of the Usage Panel approved the following example: Leave him alone, and he will produce. Some people feel that leave alone should mean simply "to depart from someone who remains in solitude," as in They were left alone in the wilderness. There is no harm in observing this restriction, but expecting it of others is unrealistic.
leave 2
(lēv)n.
1. Permission to do something. See Synonyms at permission.
2. An act of departing; a farewell: took leave of her with a heavy heart.
3. See leave of absence.
[Middle English leve, from Old English lēafe, dative and accusative of lēaf; see leubh- in Indo-European roots.]
leave 3
(lēv)intr.v. leaved, leav·ing, leaves
To put forth foliage; leaf.
[Middle English leaven, from leaf, leaf; see leaf.]
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| Verb | 1. | leave no stone unturned - search thoroughly and exhaustively; "The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President's murderer" |
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Translations
يَبْذُلُ قُصارى جُهْدِه
obrátit každý kámen
minden követ megmozgat
leita allra leiîa
urobiť všetko, čo je v ľudských silách
her yolu denemek
stone
(stəun) noun1. (also adjective) (of) the material of which rocks are composed. limestone; sandstone; a stone house; stone walls; In early times, men made tools out of stone.
2. a piece of this, of any shape or size. He threw a stone at the dog.
3. a piece of this shaped for a special purpose. a tombstone; paving-stones; a grindstone.
4. a gem or jewel. She lost the stone out of her ring; diamonds, rubies and other stones.
5. the hard shell containing the nut or seed in some fruits eg peaches and cherries. a cherry-stone.
6. a measure of weight still used in Britain, equal to 6.35 kilogrammes. She weighs 9.5 stone.
7. a piece of hard material that forms in the kidney, bladder etc and causes pain.
verb1. to throw stones at, especially as a ritual punishment. Saint Stephen was stoned to death.
2. to remove the stones from (fruit). She washed and stoned the cherries.
ˈstony adjective1. full of, or covered with, stones. stony soil; a stony path/beach; It's very stony around here.
2. (of a person's expression etc) like stone in coldness, hardness etc. He gave me a stony stare.
ˈstonily adverbˈstoniness noun
ˌstone-ˈcold, ˌstone-ˈdead, ˌstone-ˈdeaf adjective
completely cold, dead, or deaf. He's almost stone-deaf; Your soup is stone-cold. He was stone-dead.
ˈstoneware noun, adjective (of) a hard type of pottery made of clay containing pieces of stone. a stoneware jug.
ˈstonework noun construction done in stone, especially the stone parts of a building.
leave no stone unturned to try every possible means. The police left no stone unturned to (try to) find the child.
a stone's throw a very short distance. They live only a stone's throw away from here.
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