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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

go to town on en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To devour or consume (something); to enthusiastically or assiduously work on (something); to tear into (something).
    • Is this coming from my role model mother? The shoplifter, the drug addict, the porn star, the whore who let Gene Simmons and Bill Clinton go to town on her? 2011 October, Wellesley Wild, “Seahorse Seashell Party”, in Family Guy, season 10, episode 2, spoken by Meg:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
went to town on Tense=Past lexicographic
goes to town on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
going to town on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gone to town on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic