| 单词 | to go all the way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go all the way (also the whole way) (i) to go all the way (also the whole way). extracted from wayn.1int.1 (1) To do something completely, thoroughly, or fully; to go the whole hog; spec. to continue a course of action to its conclusion. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > following up, through, or prosecution > follow up, out, or through [verb (intransitive)] > to the end to tug it outa1641 to go all the way1799 to go the route1926 1799 Anti-Jacobin Rev. & Mag. Aug. 407 Mr. W. might safely have gone the whole way, without mincing matters. 1803 W. Huntington Justif. Sinner (ed. 2) 81 If they are true messengers, they must go all the way in regeneration which they went before in external profession. 1881 Hansard CCLXI. 242 He would have great pleasure in supporting this Bill if it went the whole way in the direction it professed to take. 1915 J. C. Powys Visions & Revisions 12 If you lack the courage, or the variability, to go all the way with very different masters, and to let your constructive consistency take care of itself, you may become, perhaps, an admirable moralist; you will never by a clairvoyant critic. 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) i. i. 24 She would go to medical school... She didn't know if she would have the guts to go all the way: intern, resident, actually practice medicine. 2001 Independent on Sunday 15 July (LifeEtc. section) 1/1 More and more are going the whole way and embracing the jet-set gypsy lifestyle. (2) slang. To have sexual intercourse with someone (as opposed to kissing, petting, etc.). Also with with. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse > as opposed to kissing, petting, etc. to go all the way1924 to go the limit1925 1924 P. Marks Plastic Age xiv. 151 ‘Wonder if Janet would have gone the whole way,’ flitted across his mind. 1953 Life 24 Aug. 45/1 The great fear..was that the petting party would lead many girls to what was called ‘go all the way’. 1961 L. P. Hartley Two for River 49 I'd sooner go the whole way with somebody than natter with them at a tea-table. 1970 W. J. Burley To kill Cat x. 186 The things we found in her room! I mean it was obvious she was going all the way and her not fifteen! 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) i. vi. 86 They would do as much as they could without either removing the rest of her clothes or going all the way. 2003 K. Slater & J. Borte Pipe Dreams (2004) iv. 91 I was certain that my wealth of experience enabled me to look at any girl and know if she went all the way. < as lemmas |
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