Idioms for cost

    at all costs, regardless of the effort involved; by any means necessary: The stolen painting must be recovered at all costs. Also at any cost.

Origin of cost

1200–50; (v.) Middle English costen < Anglo-French, Old French co(u)ster < Latin constāre to stand together, be settled, cost; cf. constant; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French, noun derivative of the v.

SYNONYMS FOR cost

3 detriment.

OTHER WORDS FROM cost

cost·less, adjective cost·less·ness, noun re·cost, verb (used with object), re·cost, re·cost·ing.

British Dictionary definitions for at any cost

cost
/ (kɒst) /

noun

verb costs, costing or cost

Derived forms of cost

costless, adjective

Word Origin for cost

C13: from Old French (n), from coster to cost, from Latin constāre to stand at, cost, from stāre to stand

Idioms and Phrases with at any cost (1 of 2)

at any cost

Also, at any price. See at all costs.

Idioms and Phrases with at any cost (2 of 2)

cost

see arm and a leg, cost an; at all costs; pretty penny, cost a.