go to town
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Meaning · English
to do something enthusiastically and thoroughly
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
thực hiện một việc gì đó với sự nhiệt tình và toàn diện
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Literally: move to a town
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
You've gone to town tonight seeing all this!
Well Viv is stopping in, you're going to town.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “go to town” mean?
to do something enthusiastically and thoroughly Literally: move to a town
Is “go to town” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.