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go for the gold

idiom

To attempt to achieve the maximum result or reward in an endeavour.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  3. 03

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  4. 04

    black gold

    Raw petroleum; crude oil.

  5. 05

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  6. 06

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  7. 07

    comedy gold

    Something that is very funny or humorous.

  8. 08

    cross of gold

    A public policy which puts the interests of the rich ahead of those of the poor.

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