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Discover LudwigThe phrase "going to town" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to put forth a lot of effort or energy into a task or activity. Example: "I really need to catch up on work, so I'll be going to town on this project tonight."
Idiom
Go to town.
Someone who goes to town does something enthusiastically and as completely as possible, especially if this involves spending a lot of money.
Dictionary
going to town
verb
Present participle of go to town
Exact(58)
Going to town?
She wasn't going to town anyway.
"You going to town?" the soldier asked.
"The pigs are going to town.
The Democrats are going to town again on Bush obliviousness.
If I'm really going to town, I use my juicer.
They're going to town on buckets of Coronas.
"Tomorrow you're going to town, to talk to some men.
And going to town, because you never know who you're going to wind up chatting with".
At the same time, Walters started going to town meetings, as did other residents.
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He was an elderly gentleman, a rancher from southern Utah, and he was wearing his good going-to-town clothes: pressed blue jeans, cowboy hat, boots and a big silver belt buckle awarded way back in his bull-riding days.
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