go the whole hog
Leave nothing undone
To go the whole hog is to do something completely, without reservation or half-measures: If we're remodeling the kitchen, let's go the whole hog and redo the bathrooms too.
The phrase suggests committing fully rather than stopping partway.
Sometimes shortened to whole hog: She went whole hog on the decorations.
- go all outCommit completely, withhold nothing
- all the wayTo the full extent
- no holds barredWithout rules or limits
- pull out all the stopsDeploy every possible resource
- all-outWith complete effort
full throttle · balls to the wall · full steam ahead · wholeheartedly · entirely · go for broke · completely · unreservedly · leave no stone unturned · intensively · thoroughly · all in · absolutely · give 110% · pedal to the metal · put pedal to the metal · push the envelope · go big or go home
go the whole hoghold back
Prevent forward movement
phone it in · cut corners · stop short · hedge one's bets · dip one's toe in
go the whole hoghedge one's bets
Reduce risk by diversifying
play it safe · err on the side of caution · rein it in · pull back · tread carefully
whole, wholly, wholeness, wholesome, hogged, hogging, hogger