go for the gold
Example Sentences
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Symbolic as the move may be — members of Team USA will still be permitted to go for the gold — it matters.
From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021
That’s when hikers go for the gold — as in golden larches, a deciduous conifer whose foliage turns golden in autumn — not to mention in search of foliage painted in red and orange.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2021
Okay, let’s go for the gold: could you tell us about the tech that you’re using there?
From The Verge • Aug. 20, 2021
NBC turns great athletes into Olympic heroes, and in exchange, the athletes are expected to conform to the narratives created for them: to always go for the gold, because that’s what Olympic heroes do.
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2021
But I want to go for the gold.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
