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go dutchTo pay for one's own food and bills, or split the cost, when eating at a restaurant or going out for entertainment.Rate it:

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go to the bow-wowsTo go to the dogs, to decline or deteriorate.Rate it:

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go to the dogsTo decline or deteriorate.Rate it:

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Go to the DogsTo badly destroy or ruin yourself in appearance and healthRate it:

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go underTo collapse or fail, e.g. by going bankrupt.Rate it:

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god willing and the creeks don't riseA way of answering 'yes' when someone asks if you are going to do something; the same as saying, "Yes, I will, unless something happens to prevent me that I cannot control"; if it is God's will and no disasters happenRate it:

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going at itUsed other than as an idiom: see going, at it.Rate it:

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going at itthird-person singular simple present indicative form of go at itRate it:

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going at itAlternative form of at it.Rate it:

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going awaypresent participle of go awayRate it:

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going dutchwhen a man and woman each pay for their portion of the bill; often used when on a date, but not necessarily.Rate it:

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going once, going twice, soldSaid before closing the bidding for a particular item in an auction.Rate it:

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going rateThe current standard or usual price, rate, or salary for something.Rate it:

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going rogegoing it on your own against normsRate it:

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going toForms a tense future to some past time.Rate it:

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going toForms a future tense.Rate it:

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going to the dogsIn such a poor state that it should be left to the dogs.Rate it:

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gone nutsgoing crazy, basically the same thing as: "Go Bananas" "Gone Wild"Rate it:

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gone to the dogsTo have fallen into disrepair or ruin; to have been stagnant or depreciated.Rate it:

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good nightA farewell said in the evening or before going to sleep.Rate it:

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good valueFriendly; easy-going.Rate it:

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got it going onAttractive, outgoing (typically of women).Rate it:

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got it going onpast participle of have it going onRate it:

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got it going onalternative present indicative form of have it going onRate it:

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got it going onAppreciatively, of someone or something for being active and successful in a pursuit, or having the ability to be active and successful in a pursuit.Rate it:

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Handwriting on the WallSomething indicates that a bad is going to happen, a warning of risk and problemRate it:

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have it going onTo be attractive or socially successful or have an aura of success.Rate it:

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have it going onTo instigate, observe, or allow an event to continue.Rate it:

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have someone goingTo cause someone to be excited, aroused, or upset.Rate it:

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have someone goingTo temporarily convince someone of a falsehood.Rate it:

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have someone goingUsed other than as an idiom: See have, go.Rate it:

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having a good run of itWhen something is going or has gone really well.Rate it:

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he is always going off at a tangentHe always changes from a topic to another irrelevant oneRate it:

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heavy goingthe going is wet and muddy (difficult to gallop on)Rate it:

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heavy goingboring, tediousRate it:

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heavy goingdifficult of progressRate it:

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hit a rough patchWhen things are going smoothly for a time, and then a tough time begins.Rate it:

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hit one's strideTo reach a full level of efficiency, competence, comfort, etc.; to get going.Rate it:

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hop to it!Get going, Get started!, Let's Roll!Rate it:

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hot to trotEager to begin; anxious to get going.Rate it:

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how's everythingAn informal greeting, asking how a person's life is going.Rate it:

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how's it goinghow are you?Rate it:

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i am what i amI can't help the way I am. The underlying meaning is that I am not going to change either.Rate it:

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i'm-aI'm going to...Rate it:

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i've seen a better looking head on a grub wormSomeone that drank all night before going to work with hair uncombed an bloodshot eyesRate it:

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I'll call the policeIndicates that the speaker is going to call the police, presumably to counter actions from the interlocutor.Rate it:

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i'm going to build my own x with blackjack and hookers! in fact, forget the xIndicates that the speaker is not interested in joining others in a certain group or activity, and instead the speaker is going to form their own.Rate it:

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if you lie with dogs you will get fleasIt is important whom to choose as one's closest acquanitances.Rate it:

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il faut à toute force l'empêcher de sortirYou must prevent him going out by all the means in your power; We must do all we can to prevent him going out.Rate it:

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indicta causa (opp. cognita causa)without going to law.Rate it:

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