A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

go the limit • reach the limit
go the limit—(also: go to the limit) 
1
. do as much as possible:
We know that Quiller will go the limit to ensure the success
of his mission. 2. go beyond what is reasonable: I am taking
my time about it and do not go the limit. Do not let them
tell you that I am foolish or hare-brained.
reach the limit— reach the extreme point : I think those
shares have reached the limit, they are not likely to rise higher
than they are now.
go the whole gamut • go the whole hog
go the whole gamut—cover the whole range: The names of
the visitors go the whole gamut from “empty pockets to very,
very deep pockets.”
go the whole hog —complete smth. not stopping halfway:
We commend the Government for the bold step it has taken
thus far on the issue and we hope it will go the whole hog.
go through changes • go through the changes
go through changes —undergo changes; be involved in chang-
ing circumstances: It is okay to go through changes otherwise
our lives will have no meaning.
go through the changes—
1
. = go through changes: If the com-
pany had not gone through the changes, it probably would
not have survived. 2. (euph., of women) go through meno -
pause: “Going through the changes” is a phrase that need not
be feared by women as they enter middle age.
go to bed • go to sleep
go to bed —
1
. retire for the night: He said he knew the sort
of place I meant; where everybody went to bed at eight
o’clock…. 2. (euph.) have sex: A young doctor may think it
all right to propose “going to bed” to a nurse he has only just
met. 3. (of a newspaper, journal, etc.) go to press: He nearly
always had to stay on at the office till after midnight when the
paper “went to bed.”