Idiom
whatever it takes
Meaning
Anything, including measures which may be extreme or wrongful, that is required to achieve an objective.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I will finish this project, whatever it takes.”
“The team decided they would do whatever it takes to win the championship this year.”
“Driven by an unwavering ambition, the entrepreneur vowed to do whatever it takes to secure the future of his struggling company.”
Examples
simple
“I will finish this project, whatever it takes.”
contextual
“The team decided they would do whatever it takes to win the championship this year.”
complex
“Driven by an unwavering ambition, the entrepreneur vowed to do whatever it takes to secure the future of his struggling company.”
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