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"antonyms": [
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"sense": "antonym(s) of \"achieve completion\"",
"word": "fall at the last hurdle"
}
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"singular",
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]
},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
"expansion": "go all the way (third-person singular simple present goes all the way, present participle going all the way, simple past went all the way, past participle gone all the way)",
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"glosses": [
"To travel the entire distance to one's intended destination."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, literally) To travel the entire distance to one's intended destination."
],
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"word": "get to first base"
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"word": "go a long way"
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"word": "take it to the next level"
}
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"word": "get it"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"word": "have sex"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"word": "copulate"
}
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]
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"glosses": [
"To continue to the conclusion of a task or project."
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"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic) To continue to the conclusion of a task or project."
],
"synonyms": [
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"_dis1": "25 58 17",
"sense": "achieve completion",
"word": "cross the line"
}
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"tags": [
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"intransitive"
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sex",
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"parents": [
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"Reproduction",
"Fundamental",
"Life",
"Nature"
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],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1977, “Let’s Go All the Way (Down)”, in I Keep Coming Back for More, performed by Brenda & the Tabulations",
"text": "Let's go all the way, baby / Let's not wait / Let's go all the way, down, it's alright",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone)",
"text": "Actually, going all the way is like a really big decision. I can’t believe I was so caprecious about it. Dee, I almost had sex with him.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To have sexual intercourse."
],
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],
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"(intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse."
],
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"sense": "to have sexual intercourse",
"word": "do it"
}
],
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]
}
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "go all the way"
}
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"sense": "antonym(s) of \"achieve completion\"",
"word": "fall at the last hurdle"
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"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "going all the way",
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "went all the way",
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},
{
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
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"word": "get to first base"
},
{
"word": "go a long way"
},
{
"word": "take it to the next level"
}
],
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"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To travel the entire distance to one's intended destination."
],
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],
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"entire",
"entire"
],
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"distance",
"distance"
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[
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],
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"(intransitive, literally) To travel the entire distance to one's intended destination."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"literally"
]
},
{
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"English idioms",
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To continue to the conclusion of a task or project."
],
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"conclusion",
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],
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"task",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic) To continue to the conclusion of a task or project."
],
"tags": [
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},
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1977, “Let’s Go All the Way (Down)”, in I Keep Coming Back for More, performed by Brenda & the Tabulations",
"text": "Let's go all the way, baby / Let's not wait / Let's go all the way, down, it's alright",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone)",
"text": "Actually, going all the way is like a really big decision. I can’t believe I was so caprecious about it. Dee, I almost had sex with him.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To have sexual intercourse."
],
"links": [
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"sexual intercourse",
"sexual intercourse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"euphemistic",
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/En-au-go_all_the_way.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "achieve completion",
"word": "cross the line"
},
{
"sense": "to have sexual intercourse",
"word": "do it"
},
{
"word": "get it"
},
{
"word": "have sex"
},
{
"word": "copulate"
}
],
"word": "go all the way"
}
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