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go to town

go to town verb: to proceed enthusiastically, vigorously, or expertly.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To proceed enthusiastically, vigorously, or expertly.
    • She really went to town with the party preparations.
    • Never slow to bang the drum, the English press went to town, calling Lineker the “Matador of Madrid” and announcing that “Spain are Linekered.”2018 October 15, Steven Pye, “When Gary Lineker scored four goals to help England win 4-2 in Spain”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2019
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to, town.
    • Pa went to town to buy a new plough.
    Synonyms:
    go to work

Synonyms of go to town

Forms of go to town

third-person singular presentgoes to town
present participlegoing to town
pastwent to town
past participlegone to town

Questions about go to town

What does go to town mean?
Go to town means to proceed enthusiastically, vigorously, or expertly.
What part of speech is go to town?
Go to town is a verb.
What is the past tense of go to town?
The past tense of go to town is went to town.

Words near go to town in the dictionary

  1. go to the toilet
  2. go to the trouble
  3. go to the wall
  4. go to the washroom
  5. go to the well
  6. go to town
  7. go to town on
  8. go to war
  9. go to waste
  10. go to water
  11. go to work

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