G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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[go to it!] {v. phr.}
An expression of encouragement meaning go ahead; proceed.
"Go to it!" my father cried enthusiastically, when I told him I had decided to become a doctor.
[go to one's head] {v. phr.}
1. To make one dizzy.
Beer and wine go to a person's head.
Looking out the high window went to the woman's head.
2. To make someone too proud; make a person think he is too important.
* /Being the star player […]
[go to pieces] {v. phr.}
To become very nervous or sick from nervousness; become wild.
Mrs. Vance went to pieces when she heard her daughter was in the hospital.
* /The man went to pieces when the judge said he would have to go to prison for […]
[go to pot] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To be ruined; become bad; be destroyed.
Mr. Jones' health has gone to pot.
The motel business went to pot when the new highway was built.
Compare: [GO TO WRACK AND RUIN], [GO TO THE DOGS].
[go to seed] or [run to seed] {v. phr.}
1. To grow seeds.
Onions go to seed in hot weather.
2. To lose skill or strength; stop being good or useful.
Sometimes a good athlete runs to seed when he gets too old for sports.
* /Mr. Allen was a […]
[go to show] or [go to prove] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To seem to prove; act or serve to show (a fact); demonstrate. — Often used after "it".
Our team beat a bigger team, and it just goes to show you can win if you play hard enough.
* /The hard […]
[go to the chair] {v. phr.}
To be executed in the electric chair.
After many stays of execution, the criminal finally had to go to the chair.
[go to the devil] {v. phr.}, {informal}
1. To go away, mind your own business. — Used as a command; considered rude.
George told Bob to go to the devil.
"Go to the devil!" said Jack, when his sister tried to tell him what to do.
2. To become […]
[go to the dogs] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To go to ruin; to be ruined or destroyed.
The man went to the dogs after he started drinking.
After the death of the owner, the business went to the dogs.
* /The team went to the dogs when its best […]