go to work

English

Pronunciation

Verb

go to work (third-person singular simple present goes to work, present participle going to work, simple past went to work, past participle gone to work)Category:English lemmas#GOTOWORKCategory:English verbs#GOTOWORKCategory:English multiword terms#GOTOWORKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GOTOWORKCategory:Pages with entries#GO%20TO%20WORKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#GO%20TO%20WORK

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go,‎ to,‎ work. (This sense is a translation hub.)Category:English translation hubs
    I used to go to school in Bristol in the morning, and then I'd go to work in my hometown in the afternoon.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOTOWORK
  2. To begin performing some task or work.
  3. To go to one's job, as by commuting.
  4. (idiomaticCategory:English idioms#GOTOWORK) To beat up, to batter.
    I saw Bruno go to work on Big Timmy; when he was through he didn't have much of a face left.Category:English terms with usage examples#GOTOWORK
  5. (idiomaticCategory:English idioms#GOTOWORK) To go to town.

Translations

References

  • "to go to work" in the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, MICRA, 1996, 1998.
  • “go to work”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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