going hard

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To strive to one's utmost; to give one's all in an endeavour, at sport, etc.
   • If the battle cry of our government’s response to the global financial crisis was “go early, go hard, go households”, this government’s approach to the current crisis seems to be “go late, go half-measures, and go ... well ... go to Hillsong”.2020 March 16, Kevin Rudd, “The government's coronavirus crisis approach is 'go late, go half-measures, and go to Hillsong'”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms:

   go strong

2. (intransitive, slang, stative) To be excellent.
   • Did you hear this band's new album? Yeah, it went hard af!

   Synonyms:

   slap, slay, bang, devour, eat, eat and leave no crumbs, excel, kick, kick ass, rock

   Antonyms:

   go soft

3. (intransitive, slang) To have sex vigorously.
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, hard.
   • I wanted to eat some bread but it had gone hard.