"go big or go home" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes big or goes home [present, singular, third-person], going big or going home [participle, present, singular, third-person], went big or went home [past, present, singular, third-person], gone big or gone home [participle, past, present, singular, third-person]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> big or go<goes,,went,gone> home}} go big or go home (third-person singular simple present goes big or goes home, present participle going big or going home, simple past went big or went home, past participle gone big or gone home)
  1. (idiomatic) One must either go all the way or not try at all; a high-risk, high-reward strategy. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: go for broke, double or quits, go all the way, go hard or go home
    Sense id: en-go_big_or_go_home-en-verb-rk872ipm Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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