go and

Idioms  

1. This phrase is an intensifier, that is, it heightens the action indicated by the verb that follows it. For example, Don't go and eat all the leftover chicken is stronger than “Don't eat all the leftover chicken.” Similarly, Thomas Gray put it in a letter (1760): “But now she has gone ... and married that Monsieur de Wolmar.” Sometimes the and is omitted, as in Go tell Dad dinner is ready, or Go fly a kite, colloquial imperatives telling someone to do something. [c. 1300]

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Example Sentences

“Then another agent will go and execute that transaction,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

You can try, but there comes a time to let go and allow your children to make their own decisions.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

"This is why I have to say to everybody who's reading this, please, please, please go and get checked," he told the paper.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

"Many of our spectators were not allowed to go and watch the games," said Amir Hossein Rahimi, adding that it must be difficult playing without your supporters.

From Barron's • Jun. 21, 2026

Once the satellite located them he could he could punch in where they needed to go and tell the driver.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith