Daily life
at all costs
whatever it takes
If you do something at all costs, you make every effort to do it despite any difficulties or consequences.
Hear it in real life
Will you take that job?
No, I want to avoid moving abroad at all costs.
I try to avoid checking my phone at all costs when I am studying.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I avoid driving through town in all costs.
Say: I avoid driving through town at all costs.
The fixed preposition is "at," not "in."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
avoid something at all costs; protect something at all costs
Your turn: say it out loud
I try to avoid checking my phone at all costs when I am studying.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
at all costs
whatever it takes
“I try to avoid checking my phone at all costs when I am studying.”
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