na. | 1. make every attempt [every possible effort; every endeavor] to; use [try; take] every means to; use every conceivable method [stratagem] to; use all sorts of wiles and methods to; use all ways and means to; do everything possible to; do one's utmost to; do all in one's power to; resort to every trick to; leave no stone unturned to; try by all means to; try every way to; try in a thousand ways to; try one's utmost to; try [scheme] a thousand and one ways to; try by hook or by crook to; try to ... in all sorts of ways; move heaven and earth to; employ all available means to; stop at nothing to; pull out all stops to; worry out ways to; in every possible way; in all possible ways; in all manner of ways; by all ways and means [devices]; by every means imaginable; by every possible means; inexhaustible in devices and schemes |