I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
memory hog
road hog
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
whole
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You could hire taxis, or go the whole hog and hire a chauffeur-driven car for the day.
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Mortified by the twist in his sobriety, George decided to go the whole hog and join the Total Abstinence Society.
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The Siemens display goes the whole hog .
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Taking a deep breath we elected to go the whole hog and print 16 pages.
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Are they about kissing, petting or going the whole hog , as one might say?
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He reckoned now he was in, he might as well go the whole hog .
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And when you've claimed that much land, why not go the whole hog and put a roof over it as well.
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Either it gets through completely or it totally fails to do so, the whole hog or nothing.
■ VERB
go
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You could hire taxis, or go the whole hog and hire a chauffeur-driven car for the day.
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Be outrageous. Go the whole hog .
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Mortified by the twist in his sobriety, George decided to go the whole hog and join the Total Abstinence Society.
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The Siemens display goes the whole hog .
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Taking a deep breath we elected to go the whole hog and print 16 pages.
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Are they about kissing, petting or going the whole hog , as one might say?
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He reckoned now he was in, he might as well go the whole hog .
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And when you've claimed that much land, why not go the whole hog and put a roof over it as well.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
go the whole hog
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And when you've claimed that much land, why not go the whole hog and put a roof over it as well.
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Are they about kissing, petting or going the whole hog, as one might say?
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Brailsford was one of the few popular frontists prepared to go the whole hog and accept this.
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He reckoned now he was in, he might as well go the whole hog.
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Mortified by the twist in his sobriety, George decided to go the whole hog and join the Total Abstinence Society.
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Taking a deep breath we elected to go the whole hog and print 16 pages.
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The Siemens display goes the whole hog.
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You could hire taxis, or go the whole hog and hire a chauffeur-driven car for the day.
live high on the hog
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They've been living high on the hog since Jim got the money from his aunt.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don't be such a hog .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And a couple of times a year, they would slaughter the hogs or heifers that provided year-round protein.
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And when you've claimed that much land, why not go the whole hog and put a roof over it as well.
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Ellen, you want to go to the sheep barn or to the hogs?
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He shuddered, reminded for some reason of a debris tIed hog .
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The lowland races, though, are not much larger than the red river hog .
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The Siemens display goes the whole hog .
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There was my car, like a mad old hog caught in mid-spasm, its snout and tusks crushed and steaming.
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When living high on the corporate hog , you learn to spend as much as possible.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
go the whole hog
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And when you've claimed that much land, why not go the whole hog and put a roof over it as well.
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Are they about kissing, petting or going the whole hog, as one might say?
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Brailsford was one of the few popular frontists prepared to go the whole hog and accept this.
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He reckoned now he was in, he might as well go the whole hog.
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Mortified by the twist in his sobriety, George decided to go the whole hog and join the Total Abstinence Society.
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Taking a deep breath we elected to go the whole hog and print 16 pages.
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The Siemens display goes the whole hog.
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You could hire taxis, or go the whole hog and hire a chauffeur-driven car for the day.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Mom, Pam's hogging the bathroom again!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But Hillary keeps hogging those funerals.
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Dredge tried to hog the credit, but it's clear to me where it really belongs.
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It's just that Diana hogs all the photo opportunities.
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She gave him little room on the seat, hogging the middle.
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You're presenting a message, not hogging the limelight!