go so far as to

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1. Also, go as far as to. Proceed to the point of doing something. For example, I wouldn't go so far as to call him incompetent, but he does need supervision, or Would she go as far as to sell the house before she's found another?

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go so far as to

I won’t go so far as to say the procedural issues holding up an Olympic agreement are stupid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

And while I won’t go so far as to use a trite phrase like, 40s are the new 30s, well…You catch my drift.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

“Forgetting, I would even go so far as to say historical error, is a crucial factor in the creation of a nation,” Renan declared in 1882.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

"He has shown a high level of malevolence, manipulation, and I would go so far as to say evil."

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

Jackson did not go so far as to argue, as did southern apologists two or three generations later, that slavery was “a positive good.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis