MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO DO SOMETHING

Meaning of MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO DO SOMETHING in English

make extraordinary efforts to do a specified thing.

→ the heave-ho

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DO
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEAVEN
Английский словарь Британика
EARTH — I Third planet in distance outward from the Sun . Believed to be about 4.6 billion years old, it is …
Английский словарь Британика
MOVE — I. ˈmüv verb ( moved ; moved ; moving with speakers who “drop the g” of present participles, often ˈmüb …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEAVEN — I. ˈhevən also -ev ə m or -eb ə m noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English heven, hevene, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EARTH
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DO — I. (|)dü, _də or +V _dəw verb ( past first & third singular did (|)did, _dəd ; or nonstandard done …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOVE
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEAVEN — — heavenless , adj. /hev"euhn/ , n. 1. the abode of God, the angels, and the spirits of the righteous …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EARTH
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DO — do 1 /dooh/ ; unstressed /doo, deuh/ , v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. do , 2nd do …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOVE — I. ˈmüv verb ( moved ; mov·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French mover, moveir, from Latin movēre; probably akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DO — I. ˈdü verb ( did ˈdid, dəd ; done ˈdən ; do·ing ˈdü-iŋ ; does ˈdəz) Etymology: Middle English don, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOVE — vt to apply to, as for aid. 2. move ·noun the act of moving; a movement. 3. move ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
HEAVEN — vt to place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify. 2. heaven ·noun the dwelling place of …
Webster English vocab
EARTH — noun the people on the globe. 2. earth ·noun a plowing. 3. earth ·vi to burrow. 4. earth ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
DO — noun deed; act; fear. 2. do ·noun a cheat; a swindle. 3. do ·noun ado; bustle; stir; to do. 4. …
Webster English vocab
MOVE — [move] vb moved ; mov.ing [ME, fr. MF movoir, fr. L movere; prob. akin to Skt mivati he moves, pushes] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EARTH
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HEAVEN
Britannica English vocabulary
EARTH — terrestrial body whose solid surface, abundant waters, and oxygen-rich atmosphere have combined to create conditions suitable for life. This article …
Britannica English vocabulary
DO
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — / ˈsʌmθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun , adverb ■ pronoun 1. a thing that is not known or mentioned by name …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOVE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAVEN — / ˈhevn; NAmE / noun 1. (also Heaven ) [ U ] (used without the ) ( in some religions …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EARTH — / ɜːθ; NAmE ɜːrθ/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. (also Earth , the Earth ) [ U , sing. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOVE — I. move 1 S1 W1 /muːv/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ move , ↑ movement , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEAVEN — heav ‧ en S3 W3 /ˈhev ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: heofon ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EARTH
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOVE — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. & tr. change one's position or posture, or cause to do this. 2 tr. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAVEN — n. 1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of God and the angels, and of the good …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EARTH
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DO — v. & n. --v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1 tr. perform, carry out, achieve, complete …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOVE — v. & n. v. 1 intr. & tr. change one's position or posture, or cause to do this. 2 tr. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEAVEN — n. 1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of God and the angels, and of the good …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EARTH
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DO — v. & n. v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1 tr. perform, carry out, achieve, complete …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOVE — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. & tr. change one's position or posture, or cause to do this. 2 tr. …
Oxford English vocab
HEAVEN — n.1 a place regarded in some religions as the abode of God and the angels, and of the good after …
Oxford English vocab
EARTH
Oxford English vocab
DO — 1. v. & n. --v. (3rd sing. present does; past did; past part. done) 1. tr. perform, carry out, achieve, …
Oxford English vocab
DO — I. AUXILIARY VERB USES /də, STRONG du:/ ( does, doing, did, done) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use something to refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOVE — ( moves, moving, moved) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAVEN — ( heavens) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In some religions, heaven …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EARTH
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAVEN — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In some religions, ~ is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMETHING — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ... or anything/something spoken (= or something of the same kind ) ▪ Would you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEAVEN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EARTH
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMETHING — [pronoun] - an object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known or statedThere's something sharp in my shoe.Something …
Cambridge English vocab
HEAVEN — [noun] [U] - in some religions, the place, sometimes imagined to be in the sky, where God or the gods …
Cambridge English vocab
EARTH — (PLANET) [noun] [U] - the planet third in order of distance from the Sun, between Venus and Mars; the world …
Cambridge English vocab
HEAVEN — n. Heaven's Gate kingdom of heaven Temple of Heaven tree of heaven
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HEAVEN
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EARTH — n. Earth Resources Technology Satellites alkaline earth metal diatomaceous earth Earth crossing asteroid rammed earth rare earth metal baked earth …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOVE — Synonyms and related words : accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, acquit, act, acta, action, activate, activity, actuate, actuation, ad hoc measure, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HEAVEN — Synonyms and related words : Agapemone, Arcadia, Avalon, Big Rock-Candy Mountain, Caelus, Canaan, Civitas Dei, Cloudcuckooland, Cockaigne, Eden, Eldorado, Erewhon, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HEAVEN
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HEAVEN
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary

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