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Definition of Leave no stone unturned
1. Verb. Search thoroughly and exhaustively. "The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President's murderer"
Definition of Leave no stone unturned
1. Verb. To search thoroughly for something, looking in every conceivable place. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) (By extension) To do a task very carefully and thoroughly, not missing any step. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leave No Stone Unturned
Literary usage of Leave no stone unturned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Debates and Proceedings of the Maryland Reform Convention to Revise the by Maryland Constitutional Convention, Maryland, Constitutional Convention (1851)
"leave no stone unturned both by precept and example, by general education anJ
legislation, ... leave no stone unturned ..."
2. The Collected Works of George Moore by George Moore (1922)
"Do leave no stone unturned. All depends upon you." Extract from another letter:— '
I am weary of this place, and I long to see you. ..."
3. Famous Sayings and Their Authors: A Collection of Historical Sayings in by Edward Latham (1906)
"It is the origin of the expression "To leave no stone unturned. ... not for
gravel-pits to live in us ; a man in this case should leave no stone unturned. ..."
4. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... being consulted, told him " to leave no stone unturned," aad the treasures
were discovered Stone Age (The). The period whe stone implements were used. ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1876)
"Only leave no stone unturned. I will see the chief constable myself—this concerns
... Mind, leave no stone unturned, and let me know at once all you hear. ..."
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