G
Idioms beginning with "G"
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Contents of G:
[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 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.
[go with] {v.}
1. To match; to look good with.
A yellow blouse goes with her blonde hair.
The woman bought a purse to go with her new shoes.
2. To go out in the company of.
Tom goes with the girl who lives across the street.