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gobigorgohome (third-person singular simple presentgoes big or goes home,present participlegoing big or going home,simple pastwent big or went home,past participlegone big or gone home)

1. (idiomatic) One must either try togo all the way or not try at all; ahigh-risk, high-reward strategy.

   She had the motivation, but I reminded her that this was ago big or go home situation.

• go for broke
• double or quits
• go all the way
• go hard or go home

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