go hard

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go hard

verb goes hard · going hard · went hard · gone hard

intransitive To strive to one's utmost; to give one's all in an endeavour, at sport, etc. If the battle cry of our government’s response to the global financial crisis was “go early, go hard, go households”, this government’s approach to the current crisis seems to be “go late, go half-measures, and go ... well ... go to Hillsong”.
Similar: go strong
intransitive, slang, stative To be excellent. Did you hear this band's new album? Yeah, it went hard af!
Similar: slap, slay, bang, devour, eat, eat and leave no crumbs, excel, go hard, kick, kick ass, rock, rule · Opposite: go soft
intransitive, slang To have sex vigorously.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, hard. I wanted to eat some bread but it had gone hard.

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@misc{go_hard_2026,
  title = {go hard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20hard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}