Go for the gold
verb phrase
To strive for the highest reward; go for broke: Everything else looks real. They were going for the gold/ Any time Hollywood goes for the gold there are bound to be contestants that finish dead last
[1980s+; fr the gold medal awarded to the first-place finisher in Olympic competitions]
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