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
Yet only 82% of eligible employees participate, and few of those go the limit.
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
So when he learned that Irises was coming up at Sotheby's in New York City in November of the same year, he decided to go the limit.
From Time Magazine Archive
He means to go the limit, hoping to get by with it because you made the first attack.
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Day, Holman
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