go to extremes

go to extremes (to do something)

to be excessive in one's efforts to do something. Auntie Jane will go to extremes to make us all comfortable. Let's not go to extremes! We've already spent enough on gifts for the kids.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Arezoo	-	Persian
&Thorn;OrbjÖRn	-	Icelandic
Adrianus	ah-dree-AH-nus, AH-dree-ah-nus	Dutch
Ermentrud	ER-men-troot	German (Archaic)
Patrick	['pætrik]
Valerie	VAL-ə-ree (English), VAH-le-ree (German)	English, German, Czech