G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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Contents of G:
[go to the trouble] or [take the trouble] {v. phr.}
To make trouble or extra work for yourself; bother.
John told Mr. Brown not to go to the trouble of driving him home.
* /Since your aunt took the trouble to get you a nice birthday present, the […]
[go to town] {v. phr.}, {slang}
1. To do something quickly or with great force or energy; work fast or hard.
The boys went to town on the old garage, and had it torn down before Father came home from work.
* /While Sally was slowly washing the […]
[go to waste] {v. phr.}
To be wasted or lost; not used.
The strawberries went to waste because there was nobody to pick them.
Joe's work on the model automobile went to waste when he dropped it.
Compare: [IN VAIN].
[go to wrack and ruin] {v. phr.}
To fall apart and be ruined; to become useless.
The barn went to wrack and ruin after the farmer moved.
The car will soon go to wrack and ruin standing out in all kinds of weather.
[go together] {v.}
1. To go with the same boy or girl all the time; date just one person.
Herbert and Thelma go together.
Compare:
[GO STEADY],
[GO WITH] (2),
[KEEP COMPANY].
2. To be suitable or agreeable with each other; match.
* /Roast […]
[go under] {v.}
1. To be sunk.
The ship hit an iceberg and went under.
2. To fail; be defeated.
The filling station went under because there were too many others on the street.
[go under the hammer] {v. phr.}
To be auctioned off.
Our old family paintings went under the hammer when my father lost his job.
[go up] {v.}
1. To go or move higher; rise.
Many people came to watch the weather balloon go up.
The path goes up the hill.
2. To be able to become heard; become loud or louder.
A shout went up from the crowd at the game.
3. Grow in […]
[go up in smoke] or [go up in flames] {v. phr.}
1. To burn; be destroyed by fire.
The house went up in flames.
The barn full of hay went up in smoke.
2. Disappear; fail; not come true.
* /Jane's hopes of going to college went up in smoke […]
[go up in the air] {v. phr.}
To become angry; lose one's temper.
Herb is so irritable these days that he goes up in the air for no reason at all.