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[go to pot] <v. phr.>, <informal> To be ruined; become bad; be destroyed. * /Mr. Jones' health has gone to pot./ * /The motel business went to pot when the new highway was built./ Compare: GO TO WRACK AND RUIN, GO TO THE DOGS.

[go to prove] See: GO TO SHOW.

[go to seed] or [run to seed] <v. phr.> 1. To grow seeds. * /Onions go to seed in hot weather./ 2. To lose skill or strength; stop being good or useful. * /Sometimes a good athlete runs to seed when he gets too old for sports./ * /Mr. Allen was a good carpenter until he became rich and went to seed./

[go to show] or [go to prove] <v. phr.>, <informal> To seem to prove; act or serve to show (a fact); demonstrate.
– Often used after "it". * /Our team beat a bigger team, and it just goes to show you can win if you play hard enough./ * /The hard winter at Valley Forge goes to show that our soldiers suffered a great deal to win the Revolution./

[go to the chair] <v. phr.> To be executed in the electric chair. * /After many stays of execution, the criminal finally had to go to the chair./

[go to the devil] <v. phr.>, <informal> 1. To go away, mind your own business.
– Used as a command; considered rude. * /George told Bob to go to the devil./ * /"Go to the devil!" said Jack, when his sister tried to tell him what to do./ 2. To become bad or ruined; become useless. * /The boy got mixed up with bad company and began to steal and rob his friends. He went to the devil./ * /Mr. Jones went to the devil after he lost his business./

[go to the dogs] <v. phr.>, <informal> To go to ruin; to be ruined or destroyed. * /The man went to the dogs after he started drinking./ * /After the death of the owner, the business went to the dogs./ * /The team went to the dogs when its best players got hurt./ Compare: GO TO POT.

[go to the trouble] or [take the trouble] <v. phr.> To make trouble or extra work for yourself; bother. * /John told Mr. Brown not to go to the trouble of driving him home./ * /Since your aunt took the trouble to get you a nice birthday present, the least you can do is to thank her./ Compare: PUT OUT(5).

[go to town] <v. phr.>, <slang> 1. To do something quickly or with great force or energy; work fast or hard. * /The boys went to town on the old garage, and had it torn down before Father came home from work./ * /While Sally was slowly washing the dishes, she remembered she had a date with Pete that evening; then she really went to town./ Compare: IN NO TIME, MAKE TIME. Contrast: TAKE ONE'S TIME. 2. or [go places]. To do a good job; succeed. * /Our team is going to town this year. We have won all five games that we played./ * /Dan was a good student and a good athlete; we expect him to go places in business./

[go to waste] <v. phr.> To be wasted or lost; not used. * /The strawberries went to waste because there was nobody to pick them./ * /Joe's work on the model automobile went to waste when he dropped it./ Compare: IN VAIN.

[go to wrack and ruin] <v. phr.> To fall apart and be ruined; to become useless. * /The barn went to wrack and ruin after the farmer moved./ * /The car will soon go to wrack and ruin standing out in all kinds of weather./

[go under] <v.> 1. To be sunk. * /The ship hit an iceberg and went under./ 2. To fail; be defeated. * /The filling station went under because there were too many others on the street./

[go under the hammer] <v. phr.> To be auctioned off. * /Our old family paintings went under the hammer when my father lost his job./

[go up] <v.> 1. To go or move higher; rise. * /Many people came to watch the weather balloon go up./ * /The path goes up the hill./ 2. To be able to become heard; become loud or louder. * /A shout went up from the crowd at the game./ 3. Grow in height while being built; to be built. * /The new church is going up on the corner./ 4. To increase. * /Prices of fruit and vegetables have gone up./

[go up in smoke] or [go up in flames] <v. phr.> To burn; be destroyed by fire. 1. * /The house went up in flames./ * /The barn full of hay went up in smoke./ 2. Disappear; fail; not come true. * /Jane's hopes of going to college went up in smoke when her father lost his job./ * /The team's chances to win went up in smoke when their captain was hurt./

[go up in the air] <v. phr.> To become angry; lose one's temper. * /Herb is so irritable these days that he goes up in the air for no reason at all./

[gourd] See: SAW WOOD or SAW GOURDS.

[go with] <v.> 1. To match; to look good with. * /A yellow blouse goes with her blonde hair./ * /The woman bought a purse to go with her new shoes./ 2. To go out in the company of. * /Tom goes with the girl who lives across the street./

[go without] See: DO WITHOUT.

[go without saying] <v. phr.> To be too plain to need talking about; not be necessary to say or mention. * /It goes without saying that children should not be given knives to play with./ * /A person with weak eyes should wear glasses. That goes without saying./

[go wrong] <v. phr.> 1. To fail; go out of order. * /Something went wrong with our car and we stalled on the road./ 2. To sink into an immoral or criminal existence. * /In a large city many young people go wrong every year./

[gown] See: TOWN AND GOWN.

[grab bag] <n.> 1. A bag from which surprise packages are chosen; a bag in which there are many unknown things. * /The woman paid a quarter for a chance at the grab bag./ * /The children brought packages to be sold from the grab bag at the school carnival./ 2. A group of many different things from which to choose; a variety. * /The TV program was a grab bag for young and old alike./

[grab off] <v.>, <informal> To take quickly; take or grab before anybody else can; choose for yourself. * /The people who got to the show first grabbed off the best seats./ * /The women hurried to the store to grab off the things on sale./ * /The prettiest girls at the dance were grabbed off for partners first./ Compare: SNAP UP.

[grabs] See: UP FOR GRABS.

[grace] See: FALL FROM GRACE, IN ONE'S BAD GRACES, IN ONE'S GOOD GRACES, WITH BAD GRACE, WITH GOOD GRACE.

[grace period] or [period of grace] <n.> The time or extra time allowed in which to do something. * /Most insurance companies have a grace period of one month for payments./ * /The teacher gave the class a week's period of grace to finish workbooks./

[grade] See: MAKE THE GRADE.

[grain] See: AGAINST THE GRAIN, TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.

[grand slam] <n.> A home run hit when there are three men on the bases. * /Tony's grand slam won the game for the Yankees, 4-0./