GO THE (FULL) DISTANCE

Meaning of GO THE (FULL) DISTANCE in English

to continue playing in a competition or sports contest until the end :

Nobody thought he would last 15 rounds, but he went the full distance.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GO — I. (|)gō, when followed without pause by a stressed syllable sometimes _gə or +V _gəw verb ( went (|)went ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FULL — I. ˈfu̇l adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English ful, full, from Old English full; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISTANCE — I. ˈdistən(t)s noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English distaunce, from Old French destance, distance, from Latin distantia, from distant-, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FULL — full 1 — fullness , n. /fool/ , adj., fuller, fullest , adv., v., n. adj. 1. completely filled; containing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DISTANCE — — distanceless , adj. /dis"teuhns/ , n. , v. , distanced, distancing . n. 1. the extent or amount of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GO — I. ˈgō verb ( went ˈwent ; gone ˈgȯn also ˈgän ; go·ing ˈgō-iŋ, ˈgȯ(-)iŋ; “gȯing to” in sense 13 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FULL — I. ˈfu̇l also ˈfəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German fol full, Latin plenus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GO — noun a glass of spirits. 2. go ·noun act; working; operation. 3. go ·p.p. gone. 4. go ·noun noisy merriment; …
Webster English vocab
FULL — (·comp) sated; surfeited. 2. full (·comp) filled with emotions. 3. full (·comp) impregnated; made pregnant. 4. full ·noun complete measure; …
Webster English vocab
DISTANCE — noun remoteness of place; a remote place. 2. distance ·vt to place at a distance or remotely. 3. distance ·noun …
Webster English vocab
GO — [go] vb went ; gone ; go.ing ; goes [ME gon, fr. OE gan; akin to OHG gan to go, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FULL — [full] adj [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG fol full, L plenus full, plere to fill, Gk pleres full, plethein …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GO — / gəʊ; NAmE goʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( goes / gəʊz; NAmE goʊz/ went / went; NAmE / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FULL — / fʊl; NAmE / adjective , adverb ■ adjective ( full·er , fullest ) WITH NO EMPTY SPACE 1. full …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISTANCE — / ˈdɪstəns; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] the amount of space between …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DISTANCE — I. dis ‧ tance 1 S2 W2 /ˈdɪstəns/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: verb : ↑ distance ; noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
FULL — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 (often foll. by of) holding all its limits will allow (the bucket is …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DISTANCE — n. & v. --n. 1 the condition of being far off; remoteness. 2 a a space or interval between two …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FULL — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 (often foll. by of) holding all its limits will allow (the bucket is …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DISTANCE — n. & v. n. 1 the condition of being far off; remoteness. 2 a a space or interval between two …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
FULL — 1. adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. (often foll. by of) holding all its limits will allow (the bucket …
Oxford English vocab
DISTANCE — n. & v. --n. 1. the condition of being far off; remoteness. 2 a a space or interval between two …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FULL — ( fuller, fullest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISTANCE — ( distances, distancing, distanced) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The distance …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DISTANCE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (at/from) a safe distance ▪ We watched from a safe distance. ▪ Drivers should …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FULL — n. bung full chock full cram full full blooded full blown full bodied full bosomed full dress full fledged full …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FULL — INDEX: 1. full 2. to become full 3. to make something full 4. to make something full again after part …
Longman Activator English vocab
FULL — See ↑ BUSY/NOT BUSY 2, ↑ COMPLETE/NOT COMPLETE 1,2, ↑ FAT 4, ↑ FULL 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be full …
Longman Activator English vocab
DISTANCE — See ↑ DISTANCE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a short distance • ↑ from a distance/at a distance • ↑ in …
Longman Activator English vocab
DISTANCE — INDEX: 1. the distance between one place or point and another 2. to continue for a particular distance RELATED WORDS …
Longman Activator English vocab
GO — n. 25B6; verb he's gone into town : MOVE, proceed, make one's way, advance, progress, pass; walk, travel, journey; poetic/literary …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FULL — n. 25B6; adjective her glass was full : FILLED, filled up, filled to capacity, filled to the brim, brimming, brimful. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FULL — adj. 1 filled, replete, brimming, brim-full, packed, jam-packed, congested, loaded, bursting, chock-a-block, chock-full or choke-full or chuck-full, jammed, crammed, solid, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FULL — полнота; высшая точка (чего-л) - the * of the moon полнолуние - the * of the tide высшая точка прилива …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DISTANCE — 1. сущ. 1) а) расстояние; дистанция (between; from; to) good, great, long distance ≈ длинная дистанция safe distance ≈ безопасная …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FULL — _I 1. fʋl n 1. полнота; высшая точка ( чего-л. ) the full of the moon - полнолуние the full …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DISTANCE — distance.ogg 1. ʹdıst(ə)ns n 1. 1> расстояние some /quite a/ distance - порядочное /приличное/ расстояние air-line distance - расстояние по …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DISTANCE — 1) расстояние; дистанция; дальность 2) интервал, отрезок • landing distance available — располагаемая посадочная дистанция; takeoff distance available — располагаемая …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
DISTANCE — 1) расстояние; дистанция; дальность 2) интервал, отрезок • landing distance available — располагаемая посадочная дистанция; takeoff distance available — располагаемая взлётная дистанция; takeoff distance required …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
DISTANCE — 1) расстояние; дистанция 2) дальность, путь прохождения 3) протяжённость, отдалённость 4) временной промежуток, период • distance apart — на расстоянии distance between running lines — ж.-д. …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FULL — I full прил.1) а) прям. перен. полный, наполненный целиком, заполненный The sky was full of fire. — Небо было все …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DISTANCE — distance сущ.1) а) расстояние; дистанция ( between; from; to) good, great, long distance — длинная дистанция safe distance — безопасная …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FULL — _I 1. fʋl n 1. полнота; высшая точка ( чего-л. ) the full of the moon - полнолуние the full …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DISTANCE — 1. ʹdıst(ə)ns n 1. 1> расстояние some /quite a/ distance - порядочное /приличное/ расстояние air-line distance - расстояние по прямой …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FULL — I ful 1. прил. 1) а) полный, наполненный целиком, заполненный прям. и перен. The sky was full of fire. — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DISTANCE — 1. сущ. 1) а) расстояние; дистанция good, great, long distance — длинная дистанция safe distance — безопасная дистанция short distance …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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