What does go hard or go home mean?

go hard or go home

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English

Syllables: go hard or -go home
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verb

To face a challenge by making a bold, superior effort, lest one give up and forgo the opportunity.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: go big 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"
""Probably top five I would have to do, I’m guessing, to get into the Tour Championship. So it’s either that or a couple weeks off. Go hard or go home.""
"He strikes me as more of a go hard or go home athlete, an impression reinforced by reports of aggressive and competitive behaviour."
"Those kind of predictions are for the weak. We believe in going hard or going home. So these are real predictions—not probabilities."
"Members of the Newcastle University trampolining team went hard or went home when they took part in a 24-hour sponsored bounceathon."

Inflected Forms

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

Phrases

all-or-nothing all-or-nothing thinking double down double or quits

Frequently Paired Words

all-or-nothing all-or-nothing thinking double down double or quits

Synonyms

go big 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