go to bed
to sleep or go to sleep for the night
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go to Canossa
To humble oneself and make amends
go to great lengths
Make a lot of effort to achieve something
go to ground
To hide or go into hiding, often to avoid danger or detection
Go to Jericho
A euphemistic turn of phrase for "Go and hang yourself," or something more offensive still.
go to Prestwich
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
go to school
Attend classes to learn and get an education
go to sea
to become a sailor or work on a ship
go to seed
To become run down or neglected
go to sleep
to fall asleep or go to bed
go to someone's head
to make someone feel excessively proud or conceited
go to the bow-wows
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
go to the devil
The obvious meaning of this phrase is, to go to rum. In the 17th century, however, wits used to make a play on the applicability of the phrase to the Devil Tavern, Temple Bar, one of the most famous taverns in the City, and a haunt of lawyers from the neighbouring Temple. The sign of the tavern was the Devil pulling St. Dunstan's nose.
go to the dogs
To become completely ruined or decayed
go to the ends of the earth
Do anything possible to achieve something
go to the mat
To fight or argue vigorously for something
go to the mattresses
Prepare for an all-out fight or war
go to the polls
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
go to the scaffold
To accept execution or severe punishment for a crime
go to the wall
To risk everything or make a final effort
go to the well
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
go to town
to do something enthusiastically and thoroughly
go to town on
To thoroughly enjoy or enthusiastically attack something
go to work
start doing something
go together
be associated or paired naturally
go too far
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
go towards
to move in a direction
go tutti-frutti
to go crazy or become wildly excited
go under
to fail or go bankrupt
go up in flames
To fail or be destroyed completely and suddenly
go up in smoke
To fail or be destroyed, often suddenly or completely
go walking
to walk for exercise or pleasure
Go West, young man, go West! (John Soule)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
go wild
to behave uncontrollably or enthusiastically
go with
to accompany or support something
go with one's gut
Make a decision based on instinct rather than reason
go with the flow of traffic
to move or proceed in the same direction as others
go with the wind
To adapt to circumstances and do what seems easiest
go without
Do or manage without something
go without saying
To be obviously true or expected
go wrong
to fail or have an unfavorable outcome
go, the
The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonimous expressions.
go-go juice
Motor fuel.
goads
Those who wheedle in chapmen for horse-dealers.
goals and aspirations
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
goanna
A piano.
goat
A lascivious person. Goats jigg; making the beast with two backs, copulation.
gob
The mouth; also a bit or morsel: whence gobbets. Gift of the gob; wide-mouthed, or one who speaks fluently, or sings well.
gob
Or GOBBET, a portion. Generally applied to meat by schoolboys.
gob stick
A clarinet.
gobble off
To fellate.
gobble-pipe
A saxophone
gobbo
A goblin.
Gobelin Tapestry
So called from the Gobelins, a French family of dyers founded by Jean Gobelin (d. 1476); their tapestry works were taken over by Louis XIV as a royal establishment about 1670, and are still in the Faubourg St. Marcel, Paris. Part of the buildings were burned down by the Communards in 1871.
gobful
A mouthful.
God approved of
It was thus that Joseph became the husband of Mary. In Florence is a picture in which the rejected suitors break their sticks on Joseph's back.
God bless the Duke of Argyle
See ARGYJLE. God helps those who help themselves. In French, Aide-tof, le del faidera. (La Fontaine, yi, 18.
god bless the duke of argyle!
A Scottish insinuation made when one shrugs his shoulders, of its being caused by parasites or cutaneous affections.—See SCOTCH FIDDLE, SCOTCH GREYS. It is said to have been originally the thankful exclamation of the Glasgow folk, at finding a certain row of iron posts, erected by his grace in that city to mark the division of his property, very convenient to rub against.
God forbid
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
God forfend
May God prevent something bad from happening
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