To go the extra mile is to do more than duty requires. Always goes the extra mile, willing to go the extra mile, go the extra mile for them.
It is the standard praise in a reference and in customer service training. The phrase comes from the gospel passage about being compelled to walk one mile and going two.
1phrasego the extra mileTo do more than duty requires.
“The hotel staff always go the extra mile, like leaving a birthday cake in your room.”
go the extra mile is an effort.
From the gospel passage about being compelled to go one mile and going two instead.
* Possibly from the gospel of Matthew ch.5: v.41
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Practised in Idioms