Leave No Stone Unturned (Verb)
Meaning
Search thoroughly and exhaustively; "The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President's murderer".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The detectives left no stone unturned in solving the decade-old mystery that had been puzzling the town for years.
- The researchers left no stone unturned in their quest to find a cure for the deadly disease that had been sweeping the nation.
- The new employee was determined to leave no stone unturned in her efforts to increase office productivity and reduce expenses.
- The team of investigators left no stone unturned in their search for evidence that would prove the company's wrongdoing.
- The families of the missing people left no stone unturned in their efforts to find their loved ones who had disappeared during the storm.