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go definition


  1. n.
    a try (at something). : I'd like to have another go at it, if I can.
  2. in.
    to urinate. : Jimmy's gonna go in his pants!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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hog definition


  1. n.
    and hog cadillac. a large car; a souped up car. (See also road hog.) : How do you like my new hog? , Where are you going to park that hog cadillac.
  2. n.
    a police officer; a pig. : The hogs are on to you.
  3. n.
    an addict who requires very large doses to sustain the habit. (Drugs.) : Ernie is turning into a hog. He just can't get enough.
  4. n.
    phencyclidine (PCP), an animal tranquilizer. (Drugs.) : We're glad to learn that the demand for hog is tapering off.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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go whole hog

Also, go the limit. Do something completely or thoroughly; proceed as far as possible. For example, Instead of just painting the room, why not go whole hog and redecorate it completely? or Let's go the limit and dig up the entire garden. Although the precise source of whole hog is disputed, this colloquialism was first recorded in 1828 (in Japhet by Frederick Marryat) as . Today the article is usually omitted. Go the limit, also a colloquialism, dates from the mid-1900s. Also see all out.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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