have (got) to go
idiom
1
: to be required to leave
I've got to go. I have a dentist appointment.
2
: to need to be gotten rid of
These old boxes have (got) to go.
3
informal
: to use the toilet
One of the children said he had to go.
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But Mary’s family shared Rodney’s conviction that real justice would have to go well beyond an isolated payment.
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Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Strategy change Leong, unlike Pettey, believes that to pull away from the other contenders, Porter will have to go in hard on the former vice president and current governor.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2025
The country's not safer by having somebody have to go through the whole arduous process again.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 13 Apr. 2025
What’s more, the Calgary Flames would have to go 3-0, with the Wild getting no points against the Anaheim Ducks in Tuesday’s regular-season finale, to overtake them.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Strategy change Leong, unlike Pettey, believes that to pull away from the other contenders, Porter will have to go in hard on the former vice president and current governor.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2025
The country's not safer by having somebody have to go through the whole arduous process again.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 13 Apr. 2025
What’s more, the Calgary Flames would have to go 3-0, with the Wild getting no points against the Anaheim Ducks in Tuesday’s regular-season finale, to overtake them.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for have (got) to go
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“Have (got) to go.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20%28got%29%20to%20go. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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