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went the whole hog

went the whole hog is the simple past 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 went the whole hog

What is went the whole hog the simple past of?
Went the whole hog is the simple past of go the whole hog.

Words near went the whole hog in the dictionary

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

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