- going to town
- working or talking hard, protesting, sounding off
One man was really going to town, speaking against taxes.
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going to town
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town — W1S1 [taun] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(place)¦ 2¦(main centre)¦ 3¦(people)¦ 4¦(where you live)¦ 5¦(village)¦ 6¦(not country)¦ 7 go to town (on something) 8 (out) on the town 9 town and gown ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; … Dictionary of contemporary English
town — [ taun ] noun *** 1. ) count a place where people live and work that is smaller than a city: a small town an industrial town in China Mountains overlook the town on three sides. a town on the Mississippi River town of: the northern Wisconsin town … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
town — noun 1 place with many streets and buildings ADJECTIVE ▪ big, large, major ▪ little, small, tiny (esp. AmE) ▪ nearby, neighbouring/n … Collocations dictionary
town — /taUn/ noun 1 PLACE (C) a large area with houses, shops, offices etc where people live and work, that is smaller than a city and larger than a village: an industrial town in the Midlands | the town of Norwalk, Connecticut 2 MAIN CENTRE (U) the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
town */*/*/ — UK [taʊn] / US noun Word forms town : singular town plural towns 1) [countable] a place where people live and work that is larger than a village but smaller than a city a small town an industrial town in China Mountains overlook the town on three … English dictionary
Town — n. 1 a a large urban area with a name, defined boundaries, and local government, being larger than a village and usu. not created a city. b any densely populated area, esp. as opposed to the country or suburbs. c the people of a town (the whole… … Useful english dictionary
town — n. 1 a a large urban area with a name, defined boundaries, and local government, being larger than a village and usu. not created a city. b any densely populated area, esp. as opposed to the country or suburbs. c the people of a town (the whole… … Useful english dictionary
town*/*/*/ — [taʊn] noun 1) [C] a place where people live and work that is larger than a village but smaller than a city a small town[/ex] a town on the River Thames[/ex] the northern Belgian town of Onkerzele[/ex] See: city 2) [U] the town or city that you… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms — Cover of the first tankōbon edition of the manga, published by Futabasha 夕凪の街 桜の国 (Yūnagi no machi, Sakura no kuni) … Wikipedia
Going to Meet the Man (short story) — Going to Meet the Man is a 1965 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man .Plot summaryJesse, the town s sheriff, and his wife, Grace, are in bed. They are both White Americans living within a… … Wikipedia
