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Idioms and Phrases
This phrase is an intensifier, that is, it heightens the action indicated by the verb that follows it. For example, Don't go and eat all the leftover chicken is stronger than “Don't eat all the leftover chicken.” Similarly, Thomas Gray put it in a letter (1760): “But now she has gone ... and married that Monsieur de Wolmar.” Sometimes the and is omitted, as in Go tell Dad dinner is ready , or Go fly a kite , colloquial imperatives telling someone to do something. [c. 1300]Example Sentences
That tells you where Leicester are at right now - it felt like they were waving the white flag and going for damage limitation, rather than thinking they might as well give it a go and risk conceding more goals.
"Maybe it works in China where they don't have the same kind of store density we have in the US, where it's better for consumers to go and try something on rather than watch a host try on a piece of clothing," she adds.
I'd love to be able to have the confidence to be able to get my cue out and go and play snooker.
"It's what it is. We want it so much that we're going to give it a real go and we are very excited for the next week."
“There’s lots of depth, great players, great people,” Curry said, “and you’ve got kids who could start pretty much any place else in the country that have to come off the bench, but again, your contribution, whatever it is — some days it’s going to be this, some days it’s going to be that, but you’ve got to be ready to go, and that’s the strength of this team — their selflessness and their depth and the way they come together.”
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