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Phrase(s): go to town
1. Lit. to travel into town or a city. • I have to go to town today. 2. Fig. to work hard or very effectively. • Look at all those ants working. They are really going to town. • Come on, you guys. Let’s go to town. We have to finish this job before noon.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Also, go to town on. 1. Do something efficiently and energetically. For example, She really went to town, not only developing and printing the film but making both mat and frame. [Early 1900s] 2. Act without restraint, overindulge, as in He went to town on the hors d'oeuvres, finishing nearly all of them. [Early 1900s] 3. Be successful, as in After months of hard work, their business is really going to town. [Mid-1900s]
American Heritage Idioms