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gone the whole hog

gone the whole hog is the past participle 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 gone the whole hog

What is gone the whole hog the past participle of?
Gone the whole hog is the past participle of go the whole hog.

Words near gone the whole hog in the dictionary

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

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