go big or go home

English

Etymology

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Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) One must either try to go all the way or not try at all; a high-risk, high-reward strategy.
    Near-synonyms: go hard 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
    She had the motivation, but I reminded her that this was a go big or go home situation.

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