Idiom
go so far as
Meaning
To reach an unexpected extent in doing something.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He would go so far as to lie for his friend.”
“The manager was so angry that she went so far as to fire the entire team after the project failed.”
“In his desperate attempt to secure the contract, the candidate went so far as to promise concessions that the company could never realistically fulfill.”
Examples
simple
“He would go so far as to lie for his friend.”
contextual
“The manager was so angry that she went so far as to fire the entire team after the project failed.”
complex
“In his desperate attempt to secure the contract, the candidate went so far as to promise concessions that the company could never realistically fulfill.”
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