G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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Contents of G:
[go somebody one better] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To do something better than (someone else); do more or better than; beat.
* /Bill's mother gave the boys in Bill's club hot dogs for refreshments, so Tom's mother said that she would go her one better next […]
[go stag] {v. phr.}
1. To go to a dance or party without a companion of the opposite sex.
When Sally turned him down, Tom decided to go stag to the college prom.
2. To participate in a party for men only.
* /Mrs. Smith's husband frequently goes […]
[go steady] {v. phr.}
To go on dates with the same person all the time; dale just one person.
At first Tom and Martha were not serious about each other, but now they are going steady.
* /Jean went steady with Bob for a year; then they had a […]
[go straight] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To become an honest person; lead an honest life.
After the man got out of prison, he went straight.
Mr. Wright promised to go straight if the judge would let him go free.
[got a thing going] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal}
To be engaged in a pleasurable or profitable activity with someone else as a partner either in romance or in mutually profitable business.
"You two seem to have got a thing going, haven't you?"
* […]
[go the rounds] {v. phr.}
To pass or be told from one person to another; spread among many people.
There is a rumor going the rounds that Mr. Norton will be the new superintendent.
* /The story about Mr. Cox's falling into the lake is making the […]
[go the whole hog] or [go whole hog] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To do something completely or thoroughly; to give all your strength or attention to something.
When Bob became interested in model airplanes, he went the whole hog.
* /The family went […]
[go through] {v.}
1. To examine or think about carefully; search.
I went through the papers looking for Jane's letter.
Mother went through the drawer looking for the sweater.
Syn.: [GO OVER].
2. To experience; suffer; live through.
* […]
[go through hell and high water] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To go through danger, or trouble.
John is ready to go through hell and high water to help his chum.
The soldiers went through hell and high water to capture the fort.
Compare: [COME HELL […]
[go through the motions] {v. phr.}
To pretend to do something by moving or acting as if you were really doing it; do something without really trying hard or caring.
* /Jane was angry because she couldn't go out, and when her mother said to dust her […]