"go so far as" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes so far as",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going so far as",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went so far as",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone so far as",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> so far as"
      },
      "expansion": "go so far as (third-person singular simple present goes so far as, present participle going so far as, simple past went so far as, past participle gone so far as)",
      "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"
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        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I know he suffered from depression, but surely he wouldn't go so far as to kill himself?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Sure he's clever, but I wouldn't go so far as to call him a genius.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reach an unexpected extent in doing something."
      ],
      "id": "en-go_so_far_as-en-verb-rh1lgkxe",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To reach an unexpected extent in doing something."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "go as far as"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shènzhì",
          "sense": "reach an unexpected extent in doing something",
          "word": "甚至"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "reach an unexpected extent in doing something",
          "word": "至於"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhìyú",
          "sense": "reach an unexpected extent in doing something",
          "word": "至于"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "reach an unexpected extent in doing something",
          "word": "mennä niin pitkälle, että"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "reach an unexpected extent in doing something",
          "word": "à tant faire que de"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "go so far as"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes so far as",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going so far as",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went so far as",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone so far as",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> so far as"
      },
      "expansion": "go so far as (third-person singular simple present goes so far as, present participle going so far as, simple past went so far as, past participle gone so far as)",
      "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 usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I know he suffered from depression, but surely he wouldn't go so far as to kill himself?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Sure he's clever, but I wouldn't go so far as to call him a genius.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reach an unexpected extent in doing something."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To reach an unexpected extent in doing something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "go as far as"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shènzhì",
      "sense": "reach an unexpected extent in doing something",
      "word": "甚至"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "reach an unexpected extent in doing something",
      "word": "至於"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhìyú",
      "sense": "reach an unexpected extent in doing something",
      "word": "至于"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reach an unexpected extent in doing something",
      "word": "mennä niin pitkälle, että"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reach an unexpected extent in doing something",
      "word": "à tant faire que de"
    }
  ],
  "word": "go so far as"
}