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Antonyms for go whole hog
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : goh |
Phonetic Transcription : goʊ |
Definition of go whole hog
Origin :- late 12c. (implied in hogaster), "swine reared for slaughter" (usually about a year old), also used by stockmen for "young sheep" (mid-14c.) and for "horse older than one year," suggesting the original sense had something to do with an age, not a type of animal. Not evidenced in Old English, but it may have existed. Possibility of British Celtic origin {Watkins, etc.] is regarded by OED as "improbable." Figurative sense of "gluttonous person" is first recorded early 15c. Meaning "Harley-Davidson motorcycle" is attested from 1967.
- To go hog wild is from 1904. Hog in armor "awkward or clumsy person in ill-fitting attire" is from 1650s. Phrase to go the whole hog (1828) is sometimes said to be from the butcher shop option of buying the whole slaughtered animal (at a discount) rather than just the choice bits. But it is perhaps rather from the story (recorded in English from 1779) of Muslim sophists, forbidden by the Quran from eating a certain unnamed part of the hog, who debated which part was intended and managed to exempt the whole of it from the prohibition.
- As in plunge : verb dive or fall fast
- As in complete : verb carry out action
Synonyms for go whole hog
- accomplish
- achieve
- actualize
- belly-flop
- bring to fruition
- bring to maturity
- call it a day
- cap
- career
- carry off
- cast
- charge
- close
- conclude
- consummate
- crown
- dash
- descend
- determine
- develop
- dip
- discharge
- do
- do thoroughly
- drive
- drop
- duck
- effect
- effectuate
- elaborate
- end
- equip
- execute
- fill
- finalize
- finish
- fling
- fulfill
- furnish
- get through
- go down
- go the limit
- go through with
- go whole hog
- halt
- hurtle
- immerge
- immerse
- jump
- keel
- lunge
- lurch
- make good
- make up
- nose-dive
- perfect
- perform
- pitch
- plummet
- plunk
- propel
- put to bed
- realize
- refine
- round off
- round out
- rush
- settle
- sew up
- shoot the works
- sink
- sound
- submerge
- submerse
- supplement
- swoop
- take a flyer
- take a header
- tear
- terminate
- throw
- throw oneself
- thrust
- topple
- tumble
- ultimate
- wind up
- wrap up
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