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go to the country

go to the country verb: to appeal to the feeling of the community by calling a general election.

Verb

go to the country (third-person singular simple present goes to the country, present participle going to the country, simple past went to the country, past participle gone to the country)

  1. (dated) To appeal to the feeling of the community by calling a general election
    • According to polls, Labour is on course to make significant gains in Scotland when Rishi Sunak finally goes to the country.2024 April 29, Editorial, “The Guardian view on Humza Yousaf’s resignation: miscalculation leads to crisis”, in The Guardian, UK, →ISSN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, country.

Forms of go to the country

third-person singular presentgoes to the country
present participlegoing to the country
pastwent to the country
past participlegone to the country

Questions about go to the country

What does go to the country mean?
Go to the country means to appeal to the feeling of the community by calling a general election.
What part of speech is go to the country?
Go to the country is a verb.
What is the past tense of go to the country?
The past tense of go to the country is went to the country.

Words near go to the country in the dictionary

  1. go to smash
  2. go to someone's head
  3. go to the bad
  4. go to the bathroom
  5. go to the bow-wows
  6. go to the country
  7. go to the devil
  8. go to the dogs
  9. go to the ends of the earth
  10. go to the ends of the world
  11. go to the goat's house for wool

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