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go the whole hog

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go the whole hog (British, American & Australian, American)

to do something as completely as possible. It was going to cost so much to repair my computer, I thought I might as well go the whole hog and buy a new one. I went whole hog and had a huge steak and French fries.

See also: hog, whole

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Grotesque enough, but I rather wish they had let him go the whole hog and blaze away. The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context It is possible, too, that, being there, you decided that you might as well go the whole hog and be manicured at the same time. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context More results

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go the whole hog
go the whole nine yards
go thin on top
go through
go through fire and water
go through hell
go through like a dose of salts
go through the mill

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