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Welcome to the A to Z English podcast.
My name is Jack and I am one of the hosts of the podcast.
Today is a solo episode and I am going to do an idioms episode.
I've got three idioms that all use the verb go, and our first idiom is to go the extra mile.
To go the extra mile.
And this idiom means to put in additional effort or do more than what is expected in order to achieve a goal or provide exceptional service.
So, for example, she always goes the extra mile to make her customers happy.
And if you go the extra mile, it just means you're just really, really diligent.
You're putting in the extra effort to make something as good as it can possibly be.
It could be an experience, it could be a project.
You know, often we use it in, like, customer service.
So, for example, if you're eating at a restaurant and your server is really, really attentive, like, pays a lot of attention to you, fills your drinks, always checks up on you, asks you if you're okay, you know, just does a phenomenal, like, fantastic job as a server.
You could say, you know, our server went the extra mile.
You know, she really went the extra mile, or he really went the extra mile.
He did more than was necessary.
More than was necessary.
So that is to go the extra mile.