go hard

present singular third person goes hard · participle present going hard · past went hard · participle past gone hard

1. intransitiveTo strive to one's utmost; to give one's all in an endeavour, at sport, etc.

   If the battle cry of our government’s response to the global financial crisis was “go early, go hard, go households”, this government’s approach to the current crisis seems to be “go late, go half-measures, and go ... well ... go to Hillsong”.

   2020 March 16, Kevin Rudd, “The government's coronavirus crisis approach is 'go late, go half-measures, and go to Hillsong'”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: go strong

2. intransitiveslangstativeTo be excellent.

   This pic goes hard. Feel free to screenshot.

   1 more example

   Did you hear this band's new album? Yeah, it went hard af!

   Synonyms: slap, slay, bang, devour, eat, eat and leave no crumbs, excel, kick · Antonyms: go soft

3. intransitiveslangTo have sex vigorously.
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, hard.

   I wanted to eat some bread but it had gone hard.