go hard or go home
go hard or go home verb: to face a challenge by making a bold, superior effort, lest one give up and forgo the opportunity.
Verb
go hard or go home (third-person singular simple present goes hard or goes home, present participle going hard or going home, simple past went hard or went home, past participle gone hard or gone home)
- To face a challenge by making a bold, superior effort, lest one give up and forgo the opportunity.
- Near-synonyms: go big 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
- "Probably top five I would have to do, I’m guessing, to get into the Tour Championship. So it’s either that or a couple weeks off. Go hard or go home."2009 September 10, Larry Dorman, “Golf: Players Competing With a Sense of Urgency”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 Nov 2015
Synonyms of go hard or go home
Forms of go hard or go home
| third-person singular present | goes hard or goes home |
|---|---|
| present participle | going hard or going home |
| past | went hard or went home |
| past participle | gone hard or gone home |
Questions about go hard or go home
- What does go hard or go home mean?
- Go hard or go home means to face a challenge by making a bold, superior effort, lest one give up and forgo the opportunity.
- What part of speech is go hard or go home?
- Go hard or go home is a verb.
- What is the past tense of go hard or go home?
- The past tense of go hard or go home is went hard or went home.
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