go so far as to

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?

Example Sentences

These pages on the whaling industry even go so far as to distort Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick.”

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"Indeed I go so far as to say that I'm prepared to work with the government if they wake up," Sir Ed told Mr Robinson.

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I would even go so far as to recommend the Ford Maverick hybrid pickup.

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The Aston Martin driver did not go so far as to forecast the four-time champion would succeed, but stressed that if anyone could do it, it was Verstappen.

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“This is a time-specific, case-specific analysis and the court doesn’t need to go so far as to decide that a dismissal would be appropriate in all cases.”

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