go to show
go to show verb: to be an effective example that demonstrates a point; to prove.
Verb
go to show (third-person singular simple present goes to show, present participle going to show, simple past went to show, past participle gone to show)
- To be an effective example that demonstrates a point; to prove.
- [A]ll the evidence that we have goes to show that he spoke the truth.1877, Anthony Trollope, chapter 10, in The Life of Cicero
- Let a sixteen-year-old girl giggle in the choir and Aunty would say, “It just goes to show you, all the Penfield women are flighty.” Everybody in Maycomb, it seemed, had a Streak: a Drinking Streak, a Gambling Streak, a Mean Streak, a Funny Streak.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
Forms of go to show
| third-person singular present | goes to show |
|---|---|
| present participle | going to show |
| past | went to show |
| past participle | gone to show |
Questions about go to show
- What does go to show mean?
- Go to show means to be an effective example that demonstrates a point; to prove.
- What part of speech is go to show?
- Go to show is a verb.
- What is the past tense of go to show?
- The past tense of go to show is went to show.
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