leave no stone unturned

Speech parts

1. leave no stone unturned - Verb

2. leave no stone unturned - Phrase

Meaning

search thoroughly and exhaustively

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

continue exhaust persevere carry on press on hang on go on hold on seek out keep on keep going hang in cast about pull out all the stops plug away
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Antonyms

loaf lie quit idle breathe relax
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Hypernyms

search seek look for

Examples

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned. Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Every Olympic athlete prepares differently. For me, I am 100 percent into the sport. And if I decide to really make a crucial career decision to say, 'This is something I want to do,' I want to leave no stone unturned in my preparation. Apolo Ohno

It... is the best opportunity we've had in the last 25 years to bring about a settlement in Northern Ireland, and I think we should leave no stone unturned to achieve that. Dick Spring

We said we would leave no stone unturned to get to Germany and now we are applying the same philosophy towards our tournament preparations. John O'Neill

Leave no stone unturned to help your clients realize maximum profits from their investment. Arthur Nielsen

There may be problems we still need to tease out, but we will leave no stone unturned in our bid to make London the host city. Sebastian Coe

Words in the phrase

leave no stone unturned

Close letter words and terms

leave much to be desired leave no crumbs leave no effect leave no trace leave no traces leave no void