repair to (some place)
repair to (some place)
1. To go or betake oneself to some place. We repaired to the drawing room for some aperitifs before dinner. The two presidents repaired to a private meeting room following the press conference.
2. To frequent some place; to go to some place often. The group of CEOs repair to the same restaurant for lunch every Friday to discuss business strategies.
See also: repair
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
repair to some place
to move oneself to some place. I will repair to my room until the crisis is over. She repaired to a safe place for the duration of the storm.
See also: place, repair
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
repair to
v.
To move oneself to some place; go somewhere: The lawyers repaired to the judge's chamber for further discussion.
See also: repair
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- repair to
- repair to some place
- go above and beyond
- a stitch in time
- a stitch in time (saves nine)
- stitch in time saves nine
- stitch in time, a
- repair
- beyond help
- above and beyond something