词组 | go to one |
释义 | (redirected from go to one)go to (someone or something)1. verb To visit someone or something. Do you want to go to the mall this afternoon? I'm going to Caitlin's house after school. 2. verb To talk about something, usually something problematic or troubling, with someone. I go to my mom with all my problems. If the salesman won't take your complaints seriously, go to a supervisor. 3. verb To be used toward or included as a component of something, often an outcome or result. I left them $20 to go to the check. Every assignment goes to your grade for the semester, you know. 4. verb To start some task or activity. If you're ready to mow the lawn, don't let me stop you—go to it. 5. adjective Describing one who is known to be helpful or reliable for a certain task or goal. When used as an adjective, the phrase is typically hyphenated. Shannon is my go-to person for event planning, so she will definitely be able to help you find a caterer. go to itTo begin a task, endeavor, job, etc., promptly and vigorously. Go to it, then, and make sure you have the report finished before lunch! The team went to it at once, hoping to have preliminary results ready in a fortnight. go to someone or somethingto travel to or toward someone or something. We went to her as soon as she called saying she needed us. Are you going to the bank? go to someone(about someone or something) to discuss one's problems with someone or something with someone else. I went to the boss about the new secretary. This is a real problem. I'll have to go to the manager. go to it1. Lit. to start something actively; to do something with vigor. Time to play ball. Go to it! Let's go to it, you guys! 2. Inf. to fight. Come on, let's go to it! I'm gonna beat the daylights out of you! go to1. See going to. 2. Also, go toward. Contribute to a result, as in Can you name the bones that go to make the arms and legs? or The director has a good eye for seeing what will go toward an entire scene. [c. 1600] 3. Begin, start, as in By the time she went to call, she'd forgotten what she wanted to say. The related idiom go to it means "get started, get going." P.G. Wodehouse used it in Louder & Funnier (1932): "Stoke up and go to it." [First half of 1700s] going toAbout to, will, as in I'm going to start planting now, or Do you think it's going to rain? or We thought the train was going to stop here. This phrase is used with a verb ( start, rain, stop in the examples) to show the future tense. Occasionally the verb is omitted because it is understood. For example, That wood hasn't dried out yet but it's going to soon, or Will you set the table?-Yes, I'm going to. [1400s] Also see go to. |
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