go deep

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go deep - extend in importance or range; "His accomplishments go far"

go far

extend, run, lead, pass, go - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"

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Everything in this baby was charming, but for some reason all this did not go deep to her heart.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

So Roger Chillingworth -- the man of skill, the kind and friendly physician -- strove to go deep into his patient's bosom, delving among his principles, prying into his recollections, and probing everything with a cautious touch, like a treasure-seeker in a dark cavern.

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

Aylmer appeared to believe that, by the plainest scientific logic, it was altogether within the limits of possibility to discover this long-sought medium; "but," he added, "a philosopher who should go deep enough to acquire the power would attain too lofty a wisdom to stoop to the exercise of it.

Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

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