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Definition

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

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In Context

  • "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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See Also

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