Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go big or go home

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.23 in modern English

Syllables: go big or -go home
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

One must either try to go all the way or not try at all; a high-risk, high-reward strategy.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

goes big or goes home (present, singular) going big or going home (participle, present) went big or went home (past) gone big or gone home (participle, past)

Phrases

all-or-nothing all-or-nothing thinking buy nice or buy twice double down double or quits

Frequently Paired Words

all-or-nothing all-or-nothing thinking buy nice or buy twice double down double or quits

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

Questions

What does go big or go home mean?: One must either try to go all the way or not try at all; a high-risk, high-reward strategy.

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