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go the extra mile
do more than expected
To go the extra mile means to make more effort than people normally expect.
Hear it in real life
Was the customer service good?
Excellent. They really went the extra mile.
Our manager went the extra mile to help me prepare for the interview.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: She went the extra miles for us.
Say: She went the extra mile for us.
The idiom uses singular “mile,” not plural “miles.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
go the extra mile; went the extra mile; willing to go the extra mile
Your turn: say it out loud
Our manager went the extra mile to help me prepare for the interview.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
go the extra mile
do more than expected
“Our manager went the extra mile to help me prepare for the interview.”
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