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

As the relay throw came into the Brewers’ infield, Freeman made an aggressive — and ultimately rewarding — decision to go all the way to third from first.

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They go all the way back to his first job in Washington, as an aide in the Reagan Justice Department.

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She added that conversations about the "oppression of Palestinian people" should not just stop at 7 October, they should go "all the way back to 1948".

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You see this guy’s arm, just like they did in Eli’s tryout video, you’re like, “That’s a pro arm, that’s an arm that deserves to go all the way.”

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Burnham said: "I believe it's right to go all the way and have a deputy leader that is not in the government and thus less constrained by collective responsibility."

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