went to show

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)

1. (set phrase) 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