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go to the well

idiom

To draw on a resource or reserve that may be at risk of being exhausted.


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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

    all very well

    All right to a certain extent, but problematic beyond that, or for other people.

  4. 04

    as well

    In addition; also.

  5. 05

    as you go

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

  6. 06

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  7. 07

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  8. 08

    do well by doing good

    To achieve social acceptance or financial success as a result of behaving in a benevolent or charitable manner.

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