English · Idiom Candidate

stop at nothing

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Do whatever it takes to achieve a goal, regardless of ethics or morality

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

làm mọi thứ để đạt được mục tiêu bất kể đạo đức hay luân lý

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Literally: halt at no point

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

‘ The people behind it are white, middle - aged, career criminals, real toe - rags who will stop at nothing to make a profit.

I can not imagine who the people were who thought up such fiendish dodges, but they stopped at nothing.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “stop at nothing” mean?

Do whatever it takes to achieve a goal, regardless of ethics or morality Literally: halt at no point

Is “stop at nothing” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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