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break your back

If you break your back to do something, you work extremely hard to try to do it.

These days you have to break your back to make a business work.

burn the candle at both ends

If you burn the candle at both ends, you try to do too much, regularly going to bed late and getting up early in the morning.

Frank seemed to delight in burning the candle at both ends. No matter how late he stayed out, he was up at five o'clock the next morning to study.

cut corners

If you cut corners, you save time, money, or effort by not following the correct procedure or rules for doing something.

He accused his manager of trying to save money by cutting corners on staff training.

not do things by halves

If you do not do things by halves, you always do things very well and thoroughly or in an extreme way.

Kim and Christopher Dunn are not a couple to do things by halves. When it came to furnishing their new home, they decided to completely redecorate the whole house.

Note: You can also say that someone does not do anything by halves.

Joe never did anything by halves. He regularly worked 12-hour days, was always in training for the next marathon and in his spare time, built his own house.

do your level best

If you do your level best to do something, you try as hard as you can to do it.

The President told American troops that he would do his level best to bring them home soon.

go all out

If you go all out, you try as hard as possible to achieve something.

If I had the choice over again, I would go all out for a degree in the sciences and specialize in teaching.

go the extra mile

If you go the extra mile, you make a special effort to do or achieve something.

I discovered that going the extra mile has always been a feature of successful people.

Note: This expression is variable, for example you can replace go with travel and mile with yard.

We will travel the extra mile to arrive at peace.

He will be remembered for his willingness to go the extra yard to help people.

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