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go green

idiom
Meaning

To implement certain lifestyle changes designed to help one live in a more ecologically friendly way.


Examples
SIMPLE

We decided to go green by recycling more at home.

CONTEXTUAL

The company plans to go green by reducing plastic waste and using solar energy in their offices.

COMPLEX

By committing to go green, the local community hopes to preserve the surrounding forest and reduce its overall carbon footprint for future generations.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  3. 03

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  4. 04

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  5. 05

    Chinese green

    Synonym of lokao.

  6. 06

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  7. 07

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  8. 08

    easy come, easy go

    Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)

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