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going to work

going to work is the present participle and gerund of go to work.

Meaning of go to work

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to, work. (This sense is a translation hub.)
    • I used to go to school in Bristol in the morning, and then I'd go to work in my hometown in the afternoon.
  2. To begin performing some task or work.
  3. To go to one's job, as by commuting.
  4. (idiomatic) To beat up, to batter.
    • I saw Bruno go to work on Big Timmy; when he was through he didn't have much of a face left.
  5. (idiomatic) To go to town.

Questions about going to work

What is going to work the present participle and gerund of?
Going to work is the present participle and gerund of go to work.

Words near going to work in the dictionary

  1. going to town
  2. going to town on
  3. going to war
  4. going to waste
  5. going to water
  6. going to work
  7. going together
  8. going toilet
  9. going too far
  10. going towards
  11. going tutti-frutti

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