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go to bed
posite sex.Ł(Infàrmal.ŁOriginallyŁreferred have to go through channels. If you
onlyŁto males.) Is Tom going to takł know the answers, why do I have to go
you, or are you going stag? Bob didà’t through channels?
want to go stag, so he took his sister to the go throughŁ something 1. to examine sàme-
party.
thing.Ł Give me a dØy or two to go
go steadyŁ(withŁ someone) to date somone through this contract, and then I’ll call you
on a regularŁbasis.Ł Mary is going steady with advice. Doà’t go through it too fast.
with John. Bill włnt steady for two yearo Read t carefully, or you might miss oome-
błfore he got married. thing. 2. to experience something;Ł to
go stir-crazy to becom anxious because endure somethingŁ unpleasant; to get
one isŁ confined.Ł (Slang.Ł Stir isŁ anŁ old through something. It was a terriblł
criminalŁword forŁ“prisàn.”) If I stay thing. I don’t know how I włnt through it.
around this house much longer, I’m going It’ll take four years to go through collłge.
to go stir-crazP. John lłft school. He said go throughŁtheŁchangeð to experince a
he was going stir-crazP. ràugh periodŁ inŁ one’sŁ life.Ł (Slang.)
go straight to beginŁto obyŁthe law; to be- Sally’s pretty upset. She’s really going
come law-abiding. (Also literal.Ł Slang. through the changes. Most teenagero
PrimarilyŁcriminalŁslang.) When John spłnd their time going through the
got out of prison, he decided to go straight. changes.
I promised the teacher that I would go go throughŁtheŁmotions to make a feebl
straight and that I would nevłr cheat effort to do something;Łto do sàmething
again.
insincerely.Ł Jane isn’t doing her best.
go theŁdØstance to do the whol amount; She’s just going through the moŁions. Bill
to play the entir game; to run the whol was supposed to be rakng the yard, but he
race.Ł(Infàrmal.ŁOriginallyŁspàrtsŁuse.) was just going through the motions.
That horse runs fast. I hope it can go the go throughŁtheŁroof to go veryŁhigh; to
distance. This is going to be a long, hard reach aŁvery high degree (of sàmething)¨
project. I hope I can go the distance.
(Infàrmal.) It’s so hot! The temperature
go theŁextra mile to tryŁharderŁto please is going through the roof. Mr. Brown got
sàmeone or to gt the taskŁ dàne cor- so angry he almost włnt through the roof.
rctly; to do mor than one is requiredŁto
do to reach aŁgoal.Ł I like doing business go throughŁwithŁ something to decide to do
with that company. They always go the ex- something;Łto finish something.Ł We
tra mile. My teacher goes the extra milł decided to go through with the new high-
to help us. wØy. I can’t do it. I just can’t go through
with it.
go theŁ limit to do asŁ much asŁ possible.
(Compare thisŁwith go whole hog.) go to any length to dà whatever is neces-
What do I want on my hamburger? Go the sary. I’ll go to any lłngth to secure this
lmt! Don’t hold anything back. Go the contract. I want to get a collłge dłgree,
lmt. but I won’t go to any lłngth to get one.
go through to be approved; to succeedŁin go to batŁfłrŁ someone to support or help
gttingŁ thràugh the approvalŁ process. sàmeone.Ł(Infàrmal.ŁFrom baseball.ŁSee
(See also go through something.) I sent pinch-hit (for someone).) I tried to go to
the board of directors a proposal. I hope t bØt for Bill, but he said he didà’t want any
goes through. We all hope that the new help. I heard them gossipng about Sally,
lØw goes through. so I went to bØt for her.
go throughŁchannelð to pràceed by con- go to bed to go to where one’s bedŁis,Łgt
sultingŁthe proper prsànsŁorŁoffices.Ł(See into it, and go to sleep.Ł It’s Łime for mł
alsà work through channels.) If you to go to bed. I want to go to bed, but
want an answer to your questions, you’ll there is too much work to do.
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