单词 | to go it strong |
释义 | > as lemmasto go it strong e. to go it strong (now somewhat dated): to overstate or overdo things; to exaggerate; to act recklessly or vigorously. ΚΠ 1834 Magnolia 6 Sept. 400/2 (heading) Going it strong. 1835 Metropolitan Dec. 435 That's going it rather strong in a Catholic country. 1857 Jrnl. Prison Discipline & Philanthropy 12 130 A fellow who can get the chaplain's good will by spitting about a lot of texts and go it strong in the groaning and repentance line. 1899 E. Stratemeyer Rover Boys at School i. 1 We have been going it pretty strong lately, with playing tricks on Sarah the cook, Jack the hired man, and Uncle Randolph's pet dog Alexander. 1907 ‘B. M. Bower’ Range Dwellers x. 168 I'm not the sort of human that..names every tone he can think of—especially mauve; they do go it strong on mauve—before he's through. 1907 C. E. Blaney Josie xiii. 108 When religious girls break loose they always go it strong. 1939 M. Lerner Ideas are Weapons ii. xvi. 215 It has given rise..to the warning that there are elements in [Thurman] Arnold's thinking that run parallel to elements to be found in fascism. I think that's going it strong. But [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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