go so far as to do something

go so far as to do something
do something regarded as extreme

surely they wouldn't go so far as to break in?


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  • go so far as to do something — go so far as to (do something) to be extreme in talking about or doing something. They went so far as to threaten violence if we did not pay them …   New idioms dictionary

  • go so far as to do something — do something regarded as extreme. → far …   English new terms dictionary

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