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
I have heard him tell Mr. Pelham to his face that the water should never flow over any dam the company might build here; that he would stick at nothing to defend his property.
From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis
She's a woman, and she'll stick at nothing.
From Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
His father would stick at nothing that might save the family honor.
From Harding of Allenwood by Bindloss, Harold
We hold the plant; we’ve got the connection; we can afford to go higher than any outsider: there’s two million dollars in the ring; and we stick at nothing.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
