"go hard" meaning in English

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Verb

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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 6 22
  2. (intransitive, stative, informal) To be excellent. Tags: informal, intransitive, stative Synonyms: slap
    Sense id: en-go_hard-en-verb-dd3RhX~x
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, hard. Derived forms: go ham, go hard or go home, go hard with someone
    Sense id: en-go_hard-en-verb-yiuTAwz-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for go hard meaning in English (2.4kB)

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