go all the way

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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.