| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| go tell your mother she wants you |
go away, you're not welcome here, get lost
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Mikey, you always cry when you don't win.
Please go home - go tell your mother she wants you!
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| go the distance |
finish the race, complete the course
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If Mat begins a project, he'll go the distance - he'll complete it.
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| go the extra mile |
work longer or harder than expected, give 110%
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If you are willing to go the extra mile, you can be the top student.
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| go the way of the dodo |
become extinct like the dodo bird, die off
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If we don't protect our language, it will go the way of the dodo.
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| go through |
say, read, run through
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Could you go through the steps one more time, please.
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| go through the roof |
become very angry, blow your stack
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Mr. Tse will go through the roof when he sees all these mistakes.
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| go to any trouble |
work to make us welcome, put yourself out
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Please don't go to any trouble for us. Don't change your plans.
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| go to bat for |
help someone by talking to managers or authorities, put in a good word for
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Uncle Bob works for the City. If your tax bill is too high, maybe he'll go to bat for you.
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| go to great lengths/ go to any lengths |
do whatever is necessary, never give up
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Cynthia will go to any lengths to find a dress designed by Voz.
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| go to hell [B] |
leave, go, drop dead, take off
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When I asked him to move his car, he told me to go to hell.
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