go the distance

뜻

to keep going until the end of something difficult

어려운 일을 끝까지 해내다.

예문

1. 1Few people thought their marriage would go the distance, but they've just celebrated forty years.
2. 2It's a tough course, and only half the students go the distance.
3. 3Leo started three novels last year, but none of them went the distance; he gave up after chapter two.
4. 4Do you think the new coffee shop will go the distance, or close within a year like the last one?
5. 5The diploma took three years of evening classes, and only Priya went the distance.

문법

go는 불규칙 동사다: went, gone. the distance는 단수로 쓴다. 흔히 will, can, manage to 뒤에 온다.