"go hard or go home" meaning in English

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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "2009 September 10, Larry Dorman, “Golf: Players Competing With a Sense of Urgency”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-11-17",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 August 19, Catriona Menzies-Pike, “Does being a fitness fanatic make you a good politician?”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 2015-11-17",
          "text": "He strikes me as more of a go hard or go home athlete, an impression reinforced by reports of aggressive and competitive behaviour.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 October 3, Jordan Heath-Rawlings, “Unlikely Predictions: Eastern Conference”, in sportsnet.ca, Canada, retrieved 2015-11-17",
          "text": "Those kind of predictions are for the weak. We believe in going hard or going home. So these are real predictions—not probabilities.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 January, Edward Jones, “Fundraising efforts had us bouncing off the wall”, in The University Paper: Newcastle Edition, UK, retrieved 2015-11-17, page 39",
          "text": "Members of the Newcastle University trampolining team went hard or went home when they took part in a 24-hour sponsored bounceathon.",
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        "To face a challenge by making a bold, superior effort, lest one give up and forgo the opportunity."
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          "effort",
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          "give up",
          "give up"
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          "forgo",
          "forgo"
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        "(often imperative, usually sports) To face a challenge by making a bold, superior effort, lest one give up and forgo the opportunity."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "go big or go home"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "do or die"
        },
        {
          "word": "fish or cut bait"
        },
        {
          "word": "put up or shut up"
        },
        {
          "word": "rise to the occasion"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "often",
        "usually"
      ],
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
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  "word": "go hard or go home"
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    },
    {
      "form": "going hard or going home",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "went hard or went home",
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    },
    {
      "form": "gone hard or gone home",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      },
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          "ref": "2009 September 10, Larry Dorman, “Golf: Players Competing With a Sense of Urgency”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-11-17",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 August 19, Catriona Menzies-Pike, “Does being a fitness fanatic make you a good politician?”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 2015-11-17",
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        },
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        },
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          "text": "Members of the Newcastle University trampolining team went hard or went home when they took part in a 24-hour sponsored bounceathon.",
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        "To face a challenge by making a bold, superior effort, lest one give up and forgo the opportunity."
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        "(often imperative, usually sports) To face a challenge by making a bold, superior effort, lest one give up and forgo the opportunity."
      ],
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        "usually"
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    {
      "word": "do or die"
    },
    {
      "word": "fish or cut bait"
    },
    {
      "word": "put up or shut up"
    },
    {
      "word": "rise to the occasion"
    }
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  "word": "go hard or go home"
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