go towards
To be a contribution to.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“This small donation will go towards the new library.”
“All the money we raised from the bake sale will go towards buying new uniforms for the team.”
“The committee decided that the remaining budget surplus should go towards funding the research project, ensuring the scientists had the resources required for their final phase.”
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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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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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dial towards
To be oriented towards, to be figuratively moving in the direction of or aiming at a conclusion.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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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)
Last updated August 10, 2026