go steady

Related to go steady: roughshod, go through

go steady (with someone)

To date someone exclusively. Don't ask Jill out—she's already going steady with Bobby. Are those two really going steady?
See also: go, steady
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go steady

Date one person exclusively, as in Parents often don't approve of their children's decision to go steady. This usage may be obsolescent. [Slang; c. 1900] Also see go together, def. 2; go with, def. 1.
See also: go, steady
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

go steady

have a regular romantic or sexual relationship with a particular person. informal
1905 Edith Wharton The House of Mirth I thought we were to be married: he'd gone steady with me six months and given me his mother's wedding ring.
See also: go, steady
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

go ˈsteady (with somebody)

(old-fashioned, informal) have somebody as a regular boyfriend or girlfriend: Martin and Ingrid have been going steady for nearly a year.
See also: go, steady
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • go steady (with someone)
  • go with
  • go (out) with (someone)
  • go out with
  • got
  • go well with
  • go well with (someone or something)
  • go for (something)
  • go for it
  • get going
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He's not entered in the Arc and we will go steady this year, as the plan is to keep him in training as a four-year-old." n MICK CHANNON'S Championship Point made a brave effort to win the valuable Listed EBFsponsored race but had to settle for second behind Linda's Lad, who was ridden without reins by Christophe Soumillon for the last 100 yards.
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Here they go steady early, then the tempo picks up gradually.
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I've got to go steady because I'm only three points off losing my licence.
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