go steady (with someone)
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
- go steady
- 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 someone going