stick at nothing
Example Sentences
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You appear to people who don't know you as a most conventional man. but you really stick at nothing and regret little.
From Time Magazine Archive
A hard riding set of men who stick at nothing.
From With Edge Tools by Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield)
He was a singularly observant and keen-minded man, with a cool, matter-of-course courage that would stick at nothing once his judgment had commended any given line of action as necessary.
From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Mitford, Bertram
I love your daughter; I shall stick at nothing to obtain her: Mr. Chartres, I shall succeed.'
From A Practical Novelist by Davidson, John
Weak Men are apt to be cruel, because they stick at nothing that may repair the ill Effect of their Mistakes.
From A Character of King Charles the Second by Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of
