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goes to town on

goes to town on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go to town on.

Meaning of go to town on

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To devour or consume (something); to enthusiastically or assiduously work on (something); to tear into (something).
    • Is this coming from my role model mother? The shoplifter, the drug addict, the porn star, the whore who let Gene Simmons and Bill Clinton go to town on her?2011 October, Wellesley Wild, “Seahorse Seashell Party”, in Family Guy, season 10, episode 2, spoken by Meg

Questions about goes to town on

What is goes to town on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes to town on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go to town on.

Words near goes to town on in the dictionary

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

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