G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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[going to]
Can be expected to; planning to. — Used after "is" (or "was", etc.), with an infinitive, in the same way "will" is used, to show future.
Some day that big tree is going to rot and fall.
Look at those dark clouds. It's going to rain.
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[go in one ear and out the other] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To be not really listened to or understood; be paid no attention.
The teacher's directions to the boy went in one ear and out the other.
* /Mother scolded Martha, but it went in one ear and […]
[go into] {v.}
1a. To go or fit inside of; able to be put in.
The table is too big to go into the closet.
1b. To be able to be divided into; be divisible into.
Two goes into four two times.
2. To enter a state or condition of; pass into.
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[go into a huddle] {v. phr.}
1. To gather close together as a team in a football game, usually to find out your team's next play.
The football team which has the ball goes into a huddle before every play to get orders on what play they will use.
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[go into a tailspin] or [go into a nose dive] {v. phr.}, {informal}
1. To fall or go down badly; collapse; give up trying.
The team went into a tailspin after their captain was hurt, and they were badly beaten.
2. {informal}
To become very […]
[go into orbit] {v. phr.}, {slang}
1. To become very happy or successful.
Our team has gone into orbit.
Compare: [FLY HIGH].
2. To lose one's temper or control completely; become very angry.
* /John was afraid his father would go into orbit […]
[go it] {v. phr.}, {informal}
1. To go fast; run hard; not to spare yourself. — Often used as a command.
The coach yelled to the runner to go it.
At the party the girls cheered for their partners to go it.
* /The boys called, "Go it!" to the […]
[go jump in the lake] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To go away and quit being a bother.
George was tired of Tom's advice and told him to go jump in the lake.
Compare: [GO CHASE YOURSELF], [GO FLY A KITE].