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go hard en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (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”. 2020 March 16, Kevin Rudd, “The government's coronavirus crisis approach is 'go late, go half-measures, and go to Hillsong'”, in The Guardian:
  2. (intransitive, slang, stative) To be excellent.
    • This pic goes hard. Feel free to screenshot.
    • Did you hear this band's new album? Yeah, it went hard af!
  3. (intransitive, slang) To have sex vigorously.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, hard.
    • I wanted to eat some bread but it had gone hard.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
going hard Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
goes hard Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gone hard Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
went hard Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

go soft

Deriveds

go harder · go the hardest · go hard in the paint · go hard with someone · go hard or go home

Relateds

go ham

Synonyms

kick · go strong · kick ass · slap · slap · eat and leave no crumbs · shine · rule · go hard · slay · excel · bang · slay · devour · eat · rock