go to town
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Also, go to town on.
Do something efficiently and energetically. For example, She really went to town, not only developing and printing the film but making both mat and frame. [Early 1900s]
Act without restraint, overindulge, as in He went to town on the hors d'oeuvres, finishing nearly all of them. [Early 1900s]
Be successful, as in After months of hard work, their business is really going to town. [Mid-1900s]
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Words nearby go to town
go to the dogs, go to the expense, go to the mat, go to the trouble, go to the wall, go to town, go to waste, gotra, go-train, gotta, gotten
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How to use go to town in a sentence
The foreman was standing there, watching the painters; and he looked, and there was David, all dressed in his go-to-town clothes.
The Doers|William John Hopkins