go the limit

Idioms and Phrases

see go whole hog .

Example Sentences

LSU will be playing its fifth game in six days Saturday and would play eight in nine days if the finals go the limit.

From Seattle Times

“Well, you’re a good little pig, and radiant you shall be. I’m in this thing pretty deep now—I might as well go the limit.”

From Literature

"I did all kind of drugs, too, but I didn't go the limit because I always had a terrible fear of needles. "Maybe that's why I can't remember songs any more.

From BBC

Lindsey concluded that by the end of high school, 15 to 25 percent of those “who begin with the hugging and kissing eventually ‘go the limit.’”

From Time

There is one way, the Ducks agreed, to avoid squandering a 3-2 playoff series lead for the fourth time in four postseason runs: Convince themselves that they can’t afford to lose to the Nashville Predators on Monday night and allow this first-round series to go the limit.

From Los Angeles Times

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