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at all costs

at any expense of time, effort or money He plans to go to school at all costs.

best interests at heart

thinking of a person's needs, in mind When I give low grades, I still have your best interests at heart.

run some tests

a doctor does some medical tests on a patient The doctor has decided to run some tests on the patient.

in one's own best interests

Idiom(s): in one's (own) (best) interest(s)

Theme: ADVANTAGE

to one's advantage; as a benefit to oneself.
• It is not in your own interests to share your ideas with Jack. He will say that they are his.
• Jane thought it was in the best interest of her friend to tell his mother about his illness.

Move the goalposts

When people move the goalposts, they change the standards required for something to their advantage.

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adv. phr. At any expense of time, effort, or money. Regardless of the results. Mr. Jackson intended to save his son's eyesight at all costs. Carl is determined to succeed in his new job at all costs.

enter the lists

enter the lists
Also, enter the fray. Engage in a fight or competition, as in He said he'd be willing to enter the lists well before the primaries, or Whenever people disagreed, she was eager to enter the fray. The first term uses the noun lists in the sense of “a barrier around the arena enclosing medieval jousting tournaments” and was being used figuratively by the late 1500s. The variant uses fray in the sense of “a noisy skirmish or battle,” a usage from the late 1300s.

lists

lists
enter the lists
to enter a contest or struggle