英语词汇“to go the big figure”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to do things on the big figure, to go (or come) the big figure: to do something on a grand scale; to go the whole figure U.S., to go the whole way; to act in a thoroughgoing fashion.

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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > act in thoroughgoing manner

to go the whole hog1825

to go the whole figure1831

to go the whole (also entire, etc.) animal1833

to go for the doctor1907

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > on a large scale

by (also at, in) wholesale1417

on or upon a (large, small, liberal, etc.) scale1785

to do things on the big figure1831

in a big way1840

1831 Boston Transcript 28 Oct. 2/2 The opponents of the existing militia system..are ‘going it’ at New York ‘on the big figure’.

1834 Sun (N.Y.) 25 Mar. 2/3 (heading) Going the whole figure.

1836 D. Crockett Exploits & Adventures in Texas (1837) 30 When a man sets about going the big figure, halfway measures won't answer no how.

1839 Havana (N.Y.) Republ. 21 Aug. I was determined to go the hull figure, and see all.

1840 J. P. Kennedy Quodlibet xii. 163 I can tell you that he goes the whole figure against rotation in this individual..case.

1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Big figure. To do things on the big figure, means to do them on a large scale.

1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature II. v. 142 Sally was death on lace, and old Aunt Thankful goes the whole figure for furs.

1864 J. T. Trowbridge Cudjo's Cave iii. 37 The time may come when we will have to..go the whole figure with the free north, or drift with the cotton states.

1868 Pickings from Picayune 226 When I saw that, I thought I might as well go the big figure.

a1916 H. James Ivory Tower (1917) 309 The..momentous season or scene,..in which she goes the whole figure.

单词	to go the big figure
释义	> as lemmas to go (or come) the big figure b. to do things on the big figure, to go (or come) the big figure: to do something on a grand scale; to go the whole figure U.S., to go the whole way; to act in a thoroughgoing fashion. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > act in thoroughgoing manner to go the whole hog1825 to go the whole figure1831 to go the whole (also entire, etc.) animal1833 to go for the doctor1907 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > on a large scale by (also at, in) wholesale1417 on or upon a (large, small, liberal, etc.) scale1785 to do things on the big figure1831 in a big way1840 1831 Boston Transcript 28 Oct. 2/2 The opponents of the existing militia system..are ‘going it’ at New York ‘on the big figure’. 1834 Sun (N.Y.) 25 Mar. 2/3 (heading) Going the whole figure. 1836 D. Crockett Exploits & Adventures in Texas (1837) 30 When a man sets about going the big figure, halfway measures won't answer no how. 1839 Havana (N.Y.) Republ. 21 Aug. I was determined to go the hull figure, and see all. 1840 J. P. Kennedy Quodlibet xii. 163 I can tell you that he goes the whole figure against rotation in this individual..case. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Big figure. To do things on the big figure, means to do them on a large scale. 1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature II. v. 142 Sally was death on lace, and old Aunt Thankful goes the whole figure for furs. 1864 J. T. Trowbridge Cudjo's Cave iii. 37 The time may come when we will have to..go the whole figure with the free north, or drift with the cotton states. 1868 Pickings from Picayune 226 When I saw that, I thought I might as well go the big figure. a1916 H. James Ivory Tower (1917) 309 The..momentous season or scene,..in which she goes the whole figure. extracted from figuren. < as lemmas
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