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[go to prove] See: GO TO SHOW.
[go to seed] or [run to seed]{v. phr.} 1. To grow seeds. •/Onions go to seed in hot weather./ 2. To lose skill or strength; stop being good or useful. •/Sometimes a good athlete runs to seed when he gets too old for sports./ •/Mr. Allen was a good carpenter until he became rich and went to seed./
[go to show] or [go to prove]{v. phr.}, {informal} To seem to prove; act or serve to show (a fact); demonstrate. — Often used after "it". •/Our team beat a bigger team, and it just goes to show you can win if you play hard enough./ •/The hard winter at Valley Forge goes to show that our soldiers suffered a great deal to win the Revolution./
[go to the chair]{v. phr.} To be executed in the electric chair. •/After many stays of execution, the criminal finally had to go to the chair./
[go to the devil]{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To go away, mind your own business. — Used as a command; considered rude. •/George told Bob to go to the devil./ •/"Go to the devil!" said Jack, when his sister tried to tell him what to do./ 2. To become bad or ruined; become useless. •/The boy got mixed up with bad company and began to steal and rob his friends. He went to the devil./ •/Mr. Jones went to the devil after he lost his business./
[go to the dogs]{v. phr.}, {informal} To go to ruin; to be ruined or destroyed. •/The man went to the dogs after he started drinking./ •/After the death of the owner, the business went to the dogs./ •/The team went to the dogs when its best players got hurt./ Compare: GO TO POT.
[go to the trouble] or [take the trouble]{v. phr.} To make trouble or extra work for yourself; bother. •/John told Mr. Brown not to go to the trouble of driving him home./ •/Since your aunt took the trouble to get you a nice birthday present, the least you can do is to thank her./ Compare: PUT OUT(5).
[go to town]{v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To do something quickly or with great force or energy; work fast or hard. •/The boys went to town on the old garage, and had it torn down before Father came home from work./ •/While Sally was slowly washing the dishes, she remembered she had a date with Pete that evening; then she really went to town./ Compare: IN NO TIME, MAKE TIME. Contrast: TAKE ONE’S TIME. 2. or [go places]. To do a good job; succeed. •/Our team is going to town this year. We have won all five games that we played./ •/Dan was a good student and a good athlete; we expect him to go places in business./
[go to waste]{v. phr.} To be wasted or lost; not used. •/The strawberries went to waste because there was nobody to pick them./ •/Joe’s work on the model automobile went to waste when he dropped it./ Compare: IN VAIN.
[go to wrack and ruin]{v. phr.} To fall apart and be ruined; to become useless. •/The barn went to wrack and ruin after the farmer moved./ •/The car will soon go to wrack and ruin standing out in all kinds of weather./
[go under]{v.} 1. To be sunk. •/The ship hit an iceberg and went under./ 2. To fail; be defeated. •/The filling station went under because there were too many others on the street./
[go under the hammer]{v. phr.} To be auctioned off. •/Our old family paintings went under the hammer when my father lost his job./
[go up]{v.} 1. To go or move higher; rise. •/Many people came to watch the weather balloon go up./ •/The path goes up the hill./ 2. To be able to become heard; become loud or louder. •/A shout went up from the crowd at the game./ 3. Grow in height while being built; to be built. •/The new church is going up on the corner./ 4. To increase. •/Prices of fruit and vegetables have gone up./
[go up in smoke] or [go up in flames]{v. phr.} To burn; be destroyed by fire. 1. •/The house went up in flames./ •/The barn full of hay went up in smoke./ 2. Disappear; fail; not come true. •/Jane’s hopes of going to college went up in smoke when her father lost his job./ •/The team’s chances to win went up in smoke when their captain was hurt./
[go up in the air]{v. phr.} To become angry; lose one’s temper. •/Herb is so irritable these days that he goes up in the air for no reason at all./
[gourd] See: SAW WOOD or SAW GOURDS.
[go with]{v.} 1. To match; to look good with. •/A yellow blouse goes with her blonde hair./ •/The woman bought a purse to go with her new shoes./ 2. To go out in the company of. •/Tom goes with the girl who lives across the street./
[go without] See: DO WITHOUT.
[go without saying]{v. phr.} To be too plain to need talking about; not be necessary to say or mention. •/It goes without saying that children should not be given knives to play with./ •/A person with weak eyes should wear glasses. That goes without saying./
[go wrong]{v. phr.} 1. To fail; go out of order. •/Something went wrong with our car and we stalled on the road./ 2. To sink into an immoral or criminal existence. •/In a large city many young people go wrong every year./
[gown] See: TOWN AND GOWN.
[grab bag]{n.} 1. A bag from which surprise packages are chosen; a bag in which there are many unknown things. •/The woman paid a quarter for a chance at the grab bag./ •/The children brought packages to be sold from the grab bag at the school carnival./ 2. A group of many different things from which to choose; a variety. •/The TV program was a grab bag for young and old alike./
[grab off]{v.}, {informal} To take quickly; take or grab before anybody else can; choose for yourself. •/The people who got to the show first grabbed off the best seats./ •/The women hurried to the store to grab off the things on sale./ •/The prettiest girls at the dance were grabbed off for partners first./ Compare: SNAP UP.
[grabs] See: UP FOR GRABS.