go all the way

1. Continue on a course to the end, as in The town agreed to put in a sewer but would not go all the way with widening the street . [First half of 1900s] Also see go the distance .

2. Engage in sexual intercourse, as in Her mother told her some boys will always try to make her go all the way . [ Slang ; second half of 1900s]

Example Sentences

For Gyokeres to play the 60 games that Messi managed that season, Sporting would have to go all the way in Portugal's two domestic cups and the Champions League.

From BBC

And if academy members respond the way that festival audiences have, this crowd-pleasing melodrama might have what it takes to go all the way.”

From Los Angeles Times

And if academy members respond the way that festival audiences have, this crowd-pleasing melodrama might have what it takes to go all the way.”

From Los Angeles Times

“I owe so much to you for seeing me and making me know I could go all the way,” Allen wrote on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times

"If they stay fit and roll that starting 11 out and the five or six from the bench then of course they will go all the way."

From BBC

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