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going the whole hog

going the whole hog is the present participle and gerund of go the whole hog.

Meaning of go the whole hog

Verb

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

  1. (US, idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To do something as completely or entirely as possible; to hold back or reserve nothing.
    • If you can afford a new computer, you might as well go the whole hog and get it custom built.

Questions about going the whole hog

What is going the whole hog the present participle and gerund of?
Going the whole hog is the present participle and gerund of go the whole hog.

Words near going the whole hog in the dictionary

  1. going the way of
  2. going the way of all the earth
  3. going the way of the dinosaurs
  4. going the way of the dodo
  5. going the way of the dodo bird
  6. going the whole hog
  7. going the whole pile
  8. going their separate ways
  9. going there
  10. going through
  11. going through fire and water

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