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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

To go it strong, means to do a thing with energy or perseverance.


The pilot on duty above; another was calling out the Captain, who went it strong at cards.--Porter's Tales of the South-west, p. 107.

You should go it, remarked Spifflekins, go it strong--that's the way to scatter the blue devils, go it strong; and as the poet judiciously remarks, go it while you're young.--Neal's Peter Ploddy, p. 46.

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