AT ALL COSTS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does at all costs mean? 

• AT ALL COSTS (adverb)
  The adverb AT ALL COSTS has 1 sense:

1. regardless of the cost involved

  Familiarity information: AT ALL COSTS used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AT ALL COSTS (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Regardless of the cost involved

Synonyms:

at all costs; at any cost; at any expense

Context example:

he wanted to save her life at all cost

 Context examples 

Meg knew that if he gave the promise he would keep it at all costs, and feeling her power, used it as a woman may for her friend's good.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Of course, none of us can afford to get run down, especially not with the coronavirus news—getting run down is something to avoid at all costs.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)