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stick at nothing

VERB
mean business
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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

His father would stick at nothing that might save the family honor.

From Harding of Allenwood by Bindloss, Harold

They talked into the small hours of the morning, formulating plans by which to defeat Quelch, who, they knew, would stick at nothing.

From Pink Gods and Blue Demons by Stockley, Cynthia

"I'd stick at nothing, for that," I answered.

From Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders by Phillips, Henry Wallace

But Cæsar suspects us, as much as we suspect him; and, from what I have seen of the man, I'm inclined to think that he'll stick at nothing.

From The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo by Gilson, Charles




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