go the distance

Definitions

1. 1

   To participate in a boxing match for its maximum number of rounds.

   • "In a way it's like the quality of muscle and heart that enables some prizefighters to go the distance—twenty, thirty, forty rounds, say," Dick concurred.
2. 2

   To have the endurance to see a difficult, sustained challenge to its natural end without…

   To have the endurance to see a difficult, sustained challenge to its natural end without faltering.

   • "Do you notice how every one is trying to avoid the subject of the war? . . . I am sure they cannot keep it up." "They won't go the distance," Julian whispered.
   • “We are very pleased that we went the distance in this case, all the way through a jury trial, and that we were able to obtain such a tremendous recovery for shareholders.”

The neighborhood

• neighborgo a long way
• neighborstay the course
• neighborpush the limit
• neighborcommit to the bit