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Definition of Go far

1. Verb. Succeed in a big way; get to the top. "You will go far, my boy!"

2. Verb. Extend in importance or range. "His accomplishments go far"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Go Far

go by the wayside go chase yourself go commando go crazy go deep go down like a lead balloon go down that road go down the pan go down the road go down the toilet

go down the tubes go down the wrong way go downhill go far (current term) go faster stripes go fever go fevers go figure go fly a kite go for

go for a burton go for a song go for broke go for it go for the gold go for the gold ring go for the jugular

Literary usage of Go far

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"So far, even the Humanitarian theory is correct; only it Joes not go far enough, and it becomes a serious error when it denies the higher truth beyond. lor ..."

2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"The difficulty is it» does not go far enough. It refers only to;? the usual, ordinary,*or necessary expense of • municipal officers, of issuing licenses and ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, William Brown, Robert Henley Eden Henley (1819)
"I am of the same opinion; the notice does not go far enough to affect Boldero. It is only that it was purchase-money. Bill dismissed without Costs*. ..."

4. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"... would be among the nobility and the men of property and standing on the exchange, and that would not go far to lift any sinking party out of the mud. ..."

5. Studies of a Biographer by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"... and a singular incapacity for even suspecting the humorous or fanciful aspects of life, are qualities which go far to make the superlative bore. ..."

6. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"The master, being thus crossed and vexed, cursed them that put him upon this freight; and said, ' he hoped he should not go far before he was taken. ..."

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