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do not pass go, do not collect $200

do not pass go, do not collect $200 phrase: a phrase indicating that something must be done directly without delays or deviations.

do not pass go, do not collect $200: a phrase indicating that something must be done directly without delays or deviations
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Phrase

do not pass go, do not collect $200

  1. (humorous) A phrase indicating that something must be done directly without delays or deviations.
    • We will all go directly to our own respective Valhallas/Do not pass go, do not collect two hundred dallahs1959, Tom Lehrer, "We Will All Go Together When We Go"
    • The only people who get through the doors without are couriers, and they get escorted all the way: make their delivery, get a signature then straight back out - do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollars.2002, Christopher Brookmyre, Not the End of the World, page 230

Forms of do not pass go, do not collect $200

alternative UKdo not pass go, do not collect £200

Origin of do not pass go, do not collect $200

From the Monopoly game, where it is written on cards that send one directly to jail.

Questions about do not pass go, do not collect $200

What does do not pass go, do not collect $200 mean?
Do not pass go, do not collect $200 means a phrase indicating that something must be done directly without delays or deviations.
What part of speech is do not pass go, do not collect $200?
Do not pass go, do not collect $200 is a phrase.

Words near do not pass go, do not collect $200 in the dictionary

  1. do n't
  2. do no harm
  3. do not disturb
  4. do not enter
  5. do not kill the part of you that is cringe, kill the part of you that cringes
  6. do not pass go, do not collect $200
  7. do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollars
  8. do not pass go, do not collect £200
  9. do not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope
  10. do not want
  11. do nothing

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