# go to town on

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/go-to-town-on
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To devour or consume (something); to enthusiastically or assiduously work on (something); to tear into (something).

## Examples

- 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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