Went the distance (6)
I believe the answer is:
lasted
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">went the distance</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for lasted that I've seen before include "Continued for some time, endured" , "Continued, being salted" , "Persisted, endured" , "Kept going" , "Endured, survived" .)