"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"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "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",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "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"
}