"go for the gold" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "An allusion to the gold medal, the highest prize in many major competitive events, especially in the Olympic Games.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes for the gold",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going for the gold",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went for the gold",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone for the gold",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> for the gold"
      },
      "expansion": "go for the gold (third-person singular simple present goes for the gold, present participle going for the gold, simple past went for the gold, past participle gone for the gold)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993, Nora Roberts, Honest Illusions, page 439",
          "text": "Deciding to go for the gold, he leaned close to Luke's ear and whispered, \"Can you tell Mama I should have a dog? A really big dog?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 January 3, “Eco-friendly Napa Valley hotel caters to conscientious travelers”, in USA Today, retrieved 2009-07-20",
          "text": "The 132-room Gaia Napa Valley Hotel wants to go for the gold, making it the highest-rated hotel in the state and the nation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attempt to achieve the maximum reward or result in an endeavor."
      ],
      "id": "en-go_for_the_gold-en-verb-g5x9L-e-",
      "links": [
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
          "maximum",
          "maximum"
        ],
        [
          "reward",
          "reward"
        ],
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ],
        [
          "endeavor",
          "endeavor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To attempt to achieve the maximum reward or result in an endeavor."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "go for gold"
        },
        {
          "word": "go for the gold ring"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-go for the gold.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/En-au-go_for_the_gold.ogg/En-au-go_for_the_gold.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/En-au-go_for_the_gold.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "go for the gold"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "An allusion to the gold medal, the highest prize in many major competitive events, especially in the Olympic Games.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes for the gold",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going for the gold",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went for the gold",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone for the gold",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> for the gold"
      },
      "expansion": "go for the gold (third-person singular simple present goes for the gold, present participle going for the gold, simple past went for the gold, past participle gone for the gold)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993, Nora Roberts, Honest Illusions, page 439",
          "text": "Deciding to go for the gold, he leaned close to Luke's ear and whispered, \"Can you tell Mama I should have a dog? A really big dog?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 January 3, “Eco-friendly Napa Valley hotel caters to conscientious travelers”, in USA Today, retrieved 2009-07-20",
          "text": "The 132-room Gaia Napa Valley Hotel wants to go for the gold, making it the highest-rated hotel in the state and the nation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attempt to achieve the maximum reward or result in an endeavor."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
          "maximum",
          "maximum"
        ],
        [
          "reward",
          "reward"
        ],
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ],
        [
          "endeavor",
          "endeavor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To attempt to achieve the maximum reward or result in an endeavor."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-go for the gold.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/En-au-go_for_the_gold.ogg/En-au-go_for_the_gold.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/En-au-go_for_the_gold.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "go for gold"
    },
    {
      "word": "go for the gold ring"
    }
  ],
  "word": "go for the gold"
}