go to town on
To devour or consume (something); to enthusiastically or assiduously work on (something); to tear into (something).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“The hungry dog went to town on his dinner.”
“When the project deadline arrived, the team went to town on the final report to finish it on time.”
“After the critic received the long-awaited manuscript, he went to town on the text, meticulously correcting every error and refining the prose.”
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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big end of town
The top end of town.
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blow town
To suddenly leave one's residence.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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company town
A town, city, or other municipality in which a single large business has a controlling influence over the economy and, sometimes, over the societal structure and the local government.
Last updated August 10, 2026