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town
noun- London UK, 1837
Used by Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde and present-day commuters. - city US
A coy term that harkens back. - This is how you dress in this town you’re in arts and entertainment. — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 7, 1999
▶ go to town
to make the utmost effort; to tackle something with zest and vigour UK, 1933- [G]oing to town on making teaching in HE [higher education] a recognised and esteemed profession[.] — The Guardian, 19 February 2003
▶ go to town on
to attack excessively either verbally or physically IRELAND- Last night I was down there he made me spar against your man whatshisname...Healy. He went to town on me I’m not coddin’ yeh boy. — Billy Roche, The Wexford Trilogy (A Handful of Stars), p. 8, 1992
▶ in town
in horse racing, on major metropolitan tracks AUSTRALIA The opposite of the “bushes”.- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 82, 1989
▶ out of town
in jail or prison US- — Ralph de Sola, Crime Dictionary, p. 108, 1982
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