go long

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

1. intransitivebusinessTo buy a financial product, such as a share, so as to profit from a rise in its value; compare go short.

   I would recommend going long on tech stocks this year.

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   Let's say you went long with 100 shares of Computer Devices stock at its peak, $16.62. What then cost you $1,662 you could now sell for about $50, which would just about cover commissions.

   1984, InfoWorld, volume 6, number 18, page 20

2. hobbiesTo run far from the person throwing a ball in order to receive a long pass; (especially American football, Canadian football) to run down the field away from the quarterback to receive a long or Hail Mary pass.

   He yelled to Steve "Go long!" just as the ball was snapped.

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   He went only 1 for 3 in the first game of the doubleheader, but he found the fence with that hit for his fifth round tripper and was 2 for 5 in game 2 and, once again, went long for home run number 6, a two-run shot, and the Red Sox were able to pull out both the wins at 8-5 and 13-9 over the Tigers.

   2011, Michael Francis Mann, Baseball's Rare Triple Crown, page 164

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, long.