make every effort
verb1
Idiomatic To do one's utmost
- The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.
- Such contrivances are of the greatest beauty, for they unite all that could be desired, nay, all that appeared wholly ununitable; they complicate, and yet carry the solution in themselves; they produce restlessness, and yet lead to repose; they succeed in reaching the goal, while appearing to be making every effort to keep from it.1914, Kuno Francke (Editor-in-Chief), The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. III:
3 more examples
- Passers and would-be passers make every effort to be convincing in their chosen gender role […]2014, Risa Bear, Homecomings, page 69:
- When there is a known allergenic food factor every effort should be made either to eliminate exposure to it, or, preferably, to deallergize the patient by means of a Propeptan diet.2015, Erich Urbach, Skin Diseases Nutrition and Metabolism, page 424:
- […] to live as normally as possible while making every effort to learn to live the hurtless, kindly and unselfish life […]2015, Max Freedom Long, The Huna Code in Religions, page 191: