move mountains

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Verb[edit]

move mountains (third-person singular simple present moves mountains, present participle moving mountains, simple past and past participle moved mountains)

  1. (idiomatic) To make every possible effort in order to achieve something.
    Synonym: move heaven and earth
    • 2005, J. G. Thirlwell (lyrics and music), “(not adam)”, in Love, performed by Foetus:
      If I could move a mountain
      If I could make the sky turn black
      If I could turn the clock back
      To when I heard your neck go snap

Translations[edit]

move heaven and earth — see move heaven and earth
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