All related terms of 'go to'

If you say that there are a particular number of things to go , you mean that they still remain to be dealt with.

To go to bed with someone means to have sex with them.

to tackle a task vigorously

If you go to law , you go to court in order to get a legal judgment on a dispute .

If something goes to pot , it loses all its good qualities because nobody looks after it or works at it.

to become a sailor

If a country goes to war , it starts fighting a war.

You can say ' Way to go ' to show that you are pleased or impressed by something someone has done.

If you go back to a task or activity , you start doing it again after you have stopped doing it for a period of time.

If someone or something goes over to a different way of doing things, they change to it.

If you tell someone to go to hell , you are angrily telling them to go away and leave you alone .

If vegetable plants go to seed or run to seed , they produce flowers and seeds as well as leaves.

If you say that someone goes to town on something, you mean that they deal with it with a lot of enthusiasm or intensity .

to take legal action

to hide from someone or something

to graze

If you go to ground , you hide somewhere where you cannot easily be found.

If you go to pieces , you are so upset or nervous that you lose control of yourself and cannot do what you should do.

When a newspaper or magazine goes to press , it starts being printed .

to become smashed , broken, or ruined

If something goes to waste , it remains unused or has to be thrown away .

If a company or person goes broke , they lose money and are unable to continue in business or to pay their debts .

If you say that things are going right , you mean that your life or a situation is developing as you intended or expected and you are pleased with it.

go to hell !

to be excessive or immoderate in speech or action

to become crazy , enraged , or out of control

to overdo things; act excessively

If you say that you are raring to go , you mean that you are very eager to start doing something.

to compete directly with another person or organization, especially in business and sport

to do whatever is necessary ; scruple at nothing

to intervene on behalf of; defend

If you go to the expense of doing something, you do something which costs a lot of money . If you go to great expense to do something, you spend a lot of money in order to achieve it.

If alcoholic drink goes to your head , it makes you feel drunk.

to become wicked , shiftless , etc.; degenerate

to fail or become dissipated

if a country, organization, or business is going to the dogs , it is becoming less powerful or successful than it has been in the past

to fight very fiercely about something

to fall into a lower state or condition

You can say that someone goes to the toilet to mean that they get rid of waste substances from their body, especially when you want to avoid using words that you think may offend people.

If a person or company goes to the wall , they lose all their money and their business fails .

if someone lets success go to their head, they start to think that they are better or cleverer than other people, and they begin to behave in an arrogant or silly way

(of a company) to not have enough money to pay its debts

If you go for broke , you take the most extreme or risky of the possible courses of action in order to try and achieve success .

to stop broadcasting

People say that they are going to the bathroom when they want to say that they are going to use the toilet .

If a head of government or a government goes to the country , they hold a general election.

to hold in disfavour

something that is adequate for the present time

If you say that something goes a long way towards doing a particular thing, you mean that it is an important factor in achieving that thing.

to go on an outing to collect blackberries