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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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