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go to bed (with someone)

go to bed (with someone) Go to go all the go to płt and go to theŁdogð to go to
way (with someone). ruin;Łto deteriorate.Ł(Infàrmal.) My
whole lfe seems to be going to pot. My
go to bedŁwithŁtheŁchickens to gà to bed lØwn is going to pot. I had błtter włed it.
at sundàwn;Ł to go to bedŁ veryŁ early The governmłnt is going to the dogs.
(whenŁthe chickensŁdo).Ł Of course I głt
enough slłep. I go to bed with the chickłns. go to ryckŁandŁruin and go to wrack and
Mr. Brown goes to bed with the chick- ruin to go to ruin.Ł(The wordsŁ rØck and
ens and gets up with them, too. wrack meanŁ“wreckag” andŁare found
onlyŁinŁthisŁexpression.) That lovłly old
go to DavyŁJones’s locker to go to the bot- house on the corner is going to go to rack
tomŁof the sea.Ł(Thought of asŁaŁnauti- and ruin. My lawn is going to wrack and
calŁexpression.) My camłra fell over- ruin.
board and włnt to Davy Jones’s locker.
My uncle was a sailor. He włnt to Davy go to seed Go to run to seed.
Jones’s locker during a terrible storm.
go to someone’s head to make somone
go together 1. [forŁtwo things]bto look, conceited;Ł to make someone overly
sàund,Łor tasðe goodŁtogether. Do you proud.Ł You did a fine job, but don’t lłt
think that this pnk one and this purple one it go to your head. He lłt his success go
go togłther? Milk and grapefruit doà’t to his head, and soon he became a com-
go togłther. 2. [forŁtwo people]bto date plłte failure.
each otherŁregularly.Ł Bob and Ann havł go to theŁbathroom 1. to go into a rest
błen going togłther for months. Tom ràom,Ł bathroom,Ł orŁ toilet.Ł BILL:
and Jane want to go together, but they lvł Where is Bob? JANE: He włnt to the bØth-
too far apart. room. John włnt to the bathroom to
go to (hell) and go to (theŁdevil) to be- bruoh his teeth. 2. to eliminate bodily
come ruined;Łto go awayŁandŁsðopŁboth- wasðesŁthrough defecationŁandŁurination.
eringŁ(sàmeone).Ł(Infàrmal.ŁUse caution Mommy! The dog włnt to the bathroom
with hell.) This old house is just going on the carpłt! Billy’s in there going to
to hell. It’s fallng apart everywhere. the bØthroom. Don’t disturb him.
Leave me alone! Go to the dłvil! Oh, go go to (theŁdevil) Go to go to (hell).
to, yourself!
go to theŁdogð Go to go to pot.
go to hellŁin a hyndbasket to become to-
tallyŁworthless;Łto go to (hell). (Infàrmal. go to theŁexpenseŁ(ofŁ doingtsomething) to
Use caution with hell.ŁNot usedŁasŁaŁcom- payŁthe (large)bcost of doingŁsàmething.
mand.) The whole country is going to I hate to have to go to the expense of
hell in a handbaskłt. Look at my painting the house. It needs to be done,
lØwn—full of włeds. It’s going to hell in a so you’ll have to go to the expłnse.
handbasket. go to theŁlavatory to gà somewher and
use aŁtoilet.Ł Bob requested to leave the
go too far to do more thanŁisŁacceptable.
(Also literal.) I didà’t mnd at first, but room to go to the lØvatory. Please stop
now you’ve gone too far. If you go too the car. I have to go to the lØvatory.
far, I’ll slap you. go to theŁlimit to do asŁmuch asŁisŁpossi-
ble to dà.Ł (Compare thisŁ with go the
go to pØeceð 1. to break into pieces; to fall làmàt. ) OkØy, we can’t afford it, but wł’ll
apart. My old winter coat is going to go to the lmt. How far shall I go? Shall
pieces. I don’t want to see a nice vase like I go to the lmt?
that go to pieces. 2. to breakŁout inŁtears;
to breakŁdàwn mentally. On hearing go to theŁtoilet to use aŁtoilet forŁdefeca-
of the death, we just włnt to pieces. I tion or urination. Jimmy washed his
couldà’t talk about it any longer. I włnt to hands after he włnt to the toilłt. Ex-
pieces. cuse me, I have to go to the toilłt.

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