move mountains

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move mountains (third-person singular simple present moves mountains, present participle moving mountains, simple past and past participle moved mountains)

1. To make every possible effort in order to achieve something.

   Synonym: move heaven and earth

2. To do seemingly impossible things, to achieve incredible results.

   faith will move mountains

   • 2005, J. G. Thirlwell, “(not adam)”, in Love, performed by Foetus:

     If I could move a mountain
     If I could make the sky turn black
     If I could turn the clock back
     To when I heard your neck go snap

• “move mountains” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “move mountains”, in Collins English Dictionary.