idiom
go the extra mile
GOH the EK-struh MYL
ɡoʊ ðə ˈɛkstrə maɪlListen
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Syllable breakdown
gotheextramile
Dictionary meaning
make more effort than the minimum required; provide a higher level of care, service, or commitment than is strictly necessary or expected; the expression has biblical roots in Jesus's instruction in the Sermon on the Mount to walk two miles with someone who compels you to walk one, teaching a radical generosity that exceeds what obligation demands; in contemporary usage it describes the disposition of going beyond contracted or expected duties in service of another's needs
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