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Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единицCompare: CARRY THROUGH, LIVE UP TO. [go to]{v.} To be ready to do; start doing something. /When Jack went to write down the telephone number, he had forgotten it./ [go to any length]{v. phr.} To do everything you can. /Bill will go to any length to keep Dick from getting a date with Mary./ Compare: ALL-OUT. [go to bat for]{v. phr.}, {informal} To help out in trouble or need; give aid to. /Everybody else thought Billy had broken the window, but Tom went to bat for him./ /Mary went to bat for the new club program./ Syn.: STAND UP FOR. [go to bed with the chickens]{v. phr.}, {informal} To go to bed early at night. /On the farm John worked hard and went to bed with the chickens./ /Mr. Barnes goes to bed with the chickens because he has to get up at 5 A.M./ [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 turkey and cranberries go together./ /Ice cream and cake go together./ /Green and yellow go together./ [go to great lengths] See: GO TO ANY LENGTH. [go to hell] See: GO TO THE DEVIL. [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 ones head]{v. phr.} 1. To make one dizzy. /Beer and wine go to a persons head./ /Looking out the high window went to the womans head./ 2 ...» |
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