go the limit

go the limit

To do something as thoroughly as possible or without restraint. We only planned to order appetizers, but we ended up going the limit. You only live once. Might as well go the limit and get the works.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go the limit

Fig. to do as much as possible; to get as much as possible. Let's plan to do everything we can. Let's go the limit. We'll go the limit. To heck with the cost.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

go the limit

in. to do as much as possible; to get as much as possible. We’ll go the limit. To heck with the cost.
See also: go, limit
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • go (the) whole hog
  • go the whole hog
  • go whole hog
  • no stranger to (something)
  • rubber stamp
  • not stand the sight of (someone or something)
  • burst through
  • burst through (something)
  • like it is going out of fashion or style
  • know (someone or something) like a book
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At lot of times I know that if I didn't go the limit for my patients nobody else would--it makes me happy to know that I can make a positive difference in a patient's life."
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Thus, it is not surprising when Briggs listed a cryptic advertisement in the October 1919 issue of the periodical, providing no agenda or even a phone number, just a call for those who were "willing to go the limit." The implication of violence because of the failure of legislation seems clear in this note.
Cyril Briggs and the African Blood Brotherhood: a radical counterpoint to progressivism
One might even go the limit of heresy and state that it is even questionable whether Martha Graham is fulfilling the functions of an artist.
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"Argentina go the limits. That is typical of South American teams.
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