go all the way
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Meaning · English
to fully support or participate in something
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
Hỗ trợ hoặc tham gia đầy đủ vào một điều gì đó
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Literally: travel the entire distance
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
Nilsson added: ‘ With a little luck I'm sure we can go all the way.
But Egypt's lesson is this: the only alternative to repression or revolution is reform: genuine political reform that goes all the way.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “go all the way” mean?
to fully support or participate in something Literally: travel the entire distance
Is “go all the way” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
What is the closest equivalent?
“chịu chơi” (Tiếng Việt) — near equivalent.