Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not turned.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not turned; not revolved or reversed.
- adjective to leave nothing untried for accomplishing one's purpose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
turned .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not turned
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Examples
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In its reporting, The Washington Post left several stones unturned.
Pablo Eisenberg: Smithsonian Regents Defend Secretary Clough Pablo Eisenberg 2011
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State Department legal adviser, stated in response to this recommendation that "we will leave no stone unturned in our effort to eliminate racial profiling in law enforcement."
Azadeh Shahshahani: Georgia Must Enact Anti-Profiling Laws Azadeh Shahshahani 2011
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If after watching this program, you still think we can afford to use the death penalty, I hope that you will support those at the Innocence Project who are working to make sure that no stone is left unturned to prevent an innocent person from being sentenced to death and executed.
Diann Rust-Tierney: I Should Watch More TV Diann Rust-Tierney 2010
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In its reporting, The Washington Post left several stones unturned.
Pablo Eisenberg: Smithsonian Regents Defend Secretary Clough Pablo Eisenberg 2011
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If after watching this program, you still think we can afford to use the death penalty, I hope that you will support those at the Innocence Project who are working to make sure that no stone is left unturned to prevent an innocent person from being sentenced to death and executed.
Diann Rust-Tierney: I Should Watch More TV Diann Rust-Tierney 2010
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Leave no stone unturned to you get to the bottom of this security proble.
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Tourism is Marrakech's bread and butter, so no stone has been left unturned in keeping foreign visitors safe.
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He is a very savvy and measured man with very smart people around him, and I don't believe he would have left a stone unturned on this, even going so far as asking the GOP to get on board with this, because he's aware, like most of us, that they have no plan and have no intetnion of creating on, either!
Key Democrat predicts final health bill will have 'some form' of public option 2009
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“You may depend upon it, I shall leave no stone unturned for this salutary end,” he promised.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Custom arm rests, special cables and tape over water bottle bosses and chainring bolts are all signs of a “no stone left unturned” approach to bike tuning.
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