Usually means: Exert considerable effort or extremes.
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  1. go to great lengths: Merriam-Webster
  2. go to great lengths: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. go to great lengths: Wiktionary

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  1. go to great lengths: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (go to great lengths)

verb:  (idiomatic) To make a major effort; to be very careful when doing something, especially to an extreme or excessive degree.

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