ENGLISH
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go to the polls

idiom
Meaning

To vote.


Examples
SIMPLE

Citizens go to the polls today to choose a new leader.

CONTEXTUAL

Voters will go to the polls this weekend to decide on the proposed changes to the city tax law.

COMPLEX

As the nation faces a period of significant political uncertainty, millions of people are expected to go to the polls to cast their ballots in this decisive election.

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

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  6. 06

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  7. 07

    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)

  8. 08

    enough to go around

    There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.

Last updated April 17, 2026