go so far as to say

go so far as to say something

to put something into words; to risk saying something. I think that Bob is dishonest, but I wouldn't go so far as to say he's a thief. Red meat may be harmful, but I can't go so far as to say it causes cancer.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Babur	['ba:bʊə]
Shaina	-	Yiddish
Ioan	-	Romanian, Welsh, Bulgarian
Honorata	haw-naw-RAH-tah (Polish)	Late Roman, Polish
Neil	NEEL (English)	Irish, Scottish, English
Abdullah	‘ahb-DAH:L-lah (Arabic), ‘ahb-DOOL-lah (Arabic), ahb-dool-LAH (Turkish)	Arabic, Turkish, Malay, Indonesian