"go hard" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-go hard.wav Forms: goes hard [present, singular, third-person], going hard [participle, present], went hard [past], gone hard [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> hard}} go hard (third-person singular simple present goes hard, present participle going hard, simple past went hard, past participle gone hard)
  1. (intransitive) To strive to one's utmost; to give one's all in an endeavour, at sport, etc. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: go strong
    Sense id: en-go_hard-en-verb-RVTRGHS3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 5 8 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 7 11 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 6 9 18
  2. (intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent. Tags: intransitive, slang, stative Synonyms: slap
    Sense id: en-go_hard-en-verb-dd3RhX~x
  3. (intransitive, slang) To have sex vigorously. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-go_hard-en-verb-HQ5RxMgE
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, hard. Derived forms: go hard or go home, go hard with someone, go harder, go the hardest Related terms: go ham
    Sense id: en-go_hard-en-verb-yiuTAwz-

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "form": "went hard",
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        "To strive to one's utmost; to give one's all in an endeavour, at sport, etc."
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        [
          "utmost",
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        [
          "give one's all",
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        [
          "endeavour",
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        "(intransitive) To strive to one's utmost; to give one's all in an endeavour, at sport, etc."
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        "(intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent."
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        "To have sex vigorously."
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        "(intransitive, slang) To have sex vigorously."
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          "utmost",
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          "endeavour",
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        "(intransitive) To strive to one's utmost; to give one's all in an endeavour, at sport, etc."
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        "(intransitive, stative, slang) To be excellent."
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