idiom · neutral

go the extra mile

UK/ɡəʊ ði ˈɛkstrə maɪl/US/ɡoʊ ði ˈɛkstrə maɪl/GO·the·EX·tra·MILE

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to make a special effort to achieve something

Examples

She always goes the extra mile to help her classmates understand difficult topics.

If you want to impress the examiner, go the extra mile with specific examples.

The tutor goes the extra mile by giving personalised feedback.

Band 8 sentence

To secure a place at the top university, she went the extra mile by attending seminars and publishing a short paper.

Collocations

  • go the extra mile for
  • go the extra mile to do something

Word family

go the extra mile verb phraseextra mile noun phrase

Common mistakes

go an extra milego the extra mile

go extra milesgo the extra mile

Say it for a higher band

5try harder6make extra effort7+go the extra mile

Synonyms

make an extra effort

Easily confused

do one's best

I'll do my best to finish the assignment on time.

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