go the extra mile

Speech parts

1. go the extra mile - Verb

2. go the extra mile - Phrase

Meaning

go the extra mile (third-person singular simple present goes the extra mile, present participle going the extra mile, simple past went the extra mile, past participle gone the extra mile)

(idiomatic) To make an extra effort; to do a particularly good job.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Antonyms

underdo sit around

Examples

I am tired of hotels promising to go the extra mile only to have them refuse to go round the corner! Richard Quest

I write about nerds who go the extra mile and become rock stars. Ben Mezrich

There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile. Zig Ziglar

I like the people who go the extra mile to find something more individual, with more integrity, than the stuff you get in the charts. Mixmaster Morris

The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George. Anna Kendrick

People of excellence go the extra mile to do what's right. Joel Osteen

Words in the phrase

go the extra mile

Close letter words and terms

go the distance against go the entire animal go the entire swine go the hardest go the limit go the pace