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go the distance

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go the (full) distance

to continue to do something until it is successfully completed. It's a really tough course - I'm just worried that I won't be able to go the distance.

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go the distance

to continue doing something until it is successfully completed. The pitcher went the distance and has now won eight games in a row. The project would be difficult, but I agreed I would go the distance.

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Why, your little feet would take an hour to go the distance an ordinary person could do in a minute The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context He is in bed, and too tired to go the distance now. Wuthering Heights by Bronte, Emily View in context More results

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