go the extra mile

/ɡˌəʊ ðɪ ˈɛkstɹə mˈaɪl/

/ɡˌoʊ ðɪ ˈɛkstɹə mˈaɪl/

to go the extra mile

to try harder than what is expected

Examples

1. Now we're gonna do something a little different for those of you who want to go the extra mile.

2. Today it may just be a matter of time until one building goes the extra mile.

3. Going the extra mile looks very different from species to species.

4. We went the extra mile to develop a software that is extremely powerful, yet easy to use.