play hardball
whatever it takes
counterstrategy
or bust
focused
stop at nothing
means to an end
manoeuver
maneuver
manoeuvre
work
rain dance
completionism
manipulative
burn one's boats
mint
calculative
scheming
shrewd
calculating
conniving
game plan
have the cards in one's hands
labour
drive
labor
tug
do one's damnedest
walk on broken glass
do one's darnedest
move mountains
push
go
nisus
subtlety
do-or-die
if the mountain won't come to Muhammad
self-handicap
direct
strain every nerve
overkill
instrument
cause
win the battle, but lose the war
quest
shoot for the stars
set the pace
scotch
target
toward
give 110%
chase rainbows
notch
iterate
game
aimable
virtùous
ettle
antigoal
for it
marksmanship
make an effort
after
break one's neck
nail
bat a thousand
bring it
home and dry
fail
multigoal
have
pull off
make one's own luck
give one's all
make
will o' the wisp
plan
opt out
home free
cop out
set one's cap at
get
purchase
no pain, no gain
teleogenesis
turn against
fall seven times, stand up eight
causal-final
stand in the way
lead
go hard
antistrategic
predict
attainment
bring to bear
hypothetical imperative
buck