All go to town synonyms
go to town
G g verb go to town
- revere β to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate: The child revered her mother.
- beat the drum β a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- get it on β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- let off steam β a blast of air or wind: to clean machinery with a blow.
- live it up β to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- paint the town red β a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- raise hell β the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- raise the roof β the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- kick up one's heels β the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- get on β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- hit the jackpot β the chief prize or the cumulative stakes in a game or contest, as in bingo, a quiz contest, or a slot machine.
- make out β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- bear fruit β plant: produce fruit
- make a killing β If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
- make good β morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- strike it rich β to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- carry on β If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
- go about β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- knock off β an act or instance of knocking.
- take up β the act of taking.
- work out β exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- go for broke β a simple past tense of break.
- go for it β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go in for β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- take effect β something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- take part β a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- take steps β a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- do one's thing β a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- come forward β If someone comes forward, they offer to do something or to give some information in response to a request for help.
- gain ground β profit or advantage.
- get ahead β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- go ahead β permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
- bring forward β If you bring forward a meeting or event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier date or time than had been planned.
- get there β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get with it β (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- go forth β military: set out
- go great guns β to act or function with great speed, intensity, etc
- go places β a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- make headway β forward movement; progress in a forward direction: The ship's headway was slowed by the storm.
- make the scene β the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- move on β to pass from one place or position to another.
- press on β continue, persevere
- push on β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.