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go the whole hog

idiom

To do something as completely or entirely as possible; to hold back or reserve nothing.


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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

    ball hog

    In team sports, a player who keeps the ball to themselves, rather than passing it.

  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

    crank one's hog

    To masturbate by stimulating one's penis.

  8. 08

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

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