go the limit
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LSU will be playing its fifth game in six days Saturday and would play eight in nine days if the finals go the limit.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023
It was designed to go the limit of what the U.S., by straining night & day, could possibly manage to spend to win the war.
From Time Magazine Archive
"What role, if any, Russian satellite pictures played in convincing Kremlin leaders that the U.S. was prepared to go the limit," Klass writes, "probably is known only to a few Russian leaders."
From Time Magazine Archive
General Johnson, glad to deal with Mike Tighe instead of Earl Forbeck, promised to "go the limit with the steel unions if they'll get down to cases."
From Time Magazine Archive
"I'll go the limit we've covered a thousand miles," groaned Sam.
From The Rider of Golden Bar by White, William Patterson
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