go the whole nine yards



go the whole nine yards

  (American informal)
to continue doing something dangerous or difficult until it is finished The weather was terrible but I wanted to go the whole nine yards and get to the top of the mountain.
See also: nine, whole, yard

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Narcissanar-SIS-ə (English)Late Roman
Rosa (1)RO-sah (Spanish, Dutch), RAW-zah (Italian), RO-zə (English)Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, English
Aharon-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Ejiroghene-Western African, Urhobo
Doyle[dɔil]
Adonis[ə'dəunis]