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go big or go home

go big or go home verb: one must either try to go all the way or not try at all; a high-risk, high-reward strategy.

Verb

go big or go home (third-person singular simple present goes big or goes home, present participle going big or going home, simple past went big or went home, past participle gone big or gone home)

  1. (idiomatic) One must either try to go all the way or not try at all; a high-risk, high-reward strategy.
    • Near-synonyms: go hard or go home, go all the way, go for broke, do or die, fish or cut bait, put up or shut up, shit or get off the pot, get big or get out, rise to the occasion
    • She had the motivation, but I reminded her that this was a go big or go home situation.

Synonyms of go big or go home

Forms of go big or go home

third-person singular presentgoes big or goes home
present participlegoing big or going home
pastwent big or went home
past participlegone big or gone home

Questions about go big or go home

What does go big or go home mean?
Go big or go home means one must either try to go all the way or not try at all; a high-risk, high-reward strategy.
What part of speech is go big or go home?
Go big or go home is a verb.
What is the past tense of go big or go home?
The past tense of go big or go home is went big or went home.

Words near go big or go home in the dictionary

  1. go below
  2. go berserk
  3. go between
  4. go beyond
  5. go beyond the pale
  6. go big or go home
  7. go Bills
  8. go bitchcakes
  9. go bonkers
  10. go both ways
  11. go brrr

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