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town noun 1 London. Used by Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde and present-day commuters UK, 1837. 2 city. A coy term that harkens back US, 1999.► go to townto make the utmost effort; to tackle something with zest and vigour UK, 1933.► go to town onto attack excessively either verbally or physically IRELAND, 1992.► in townin horse racing, on major metropolitan tracks. The opposite of the 'bushes' AUSTRALIA, 1989.► out of townin jail or prison US, 1982
idiomtowngo to townspoken used in order to say that someone is doing something with a lot of enthusiasm, often spending a lot of money:You should have seen Mom and Dad looking in lots of paint and wallpaper stores Saturday. Mom's really going to town on redoing the bedrooms.They're going to town on these new pavements, aren't they?a one-horse townused about a town that you think is small and boring:Tom's first job was in a one-horse town just outside of Los Angeles.I grew up in a one-horse town and couldn't wait to leave.paint the town redto go out to bars, clubs etc to enjoy yourself at night:Noufara is a great place to meet for cocktails before painting the town red.Finals are over - tonight we're going out to paint the town red.
See:- (out) on the town
- a one-horse town
- a/the man about town
- all over the place
- all over town
- A-town
- be out on the town
- be the talk of the town
- be the toast of (the town)
- Bean Town
- Beantown
- blow town
- Chi-town
- company town
- get out of town
- Get out of town!
- ghost town
- go downtown
- go to town
- go to town on (something)
- go(ing) to town
- hit town
- I'll look you up when I'm in town
- jerkwater town
- Look me up when you're in town
- man about town
- man-about-town
- new town
- night on the town
- on the town
- one-horse town
- only game in town, the
- out of town
- out on the town
- paint the town
- paint the town (red)
- paint the town red
- paint the town red, to
- run (one) out (of some place)
- run out of town
- run someone out of town
- skip town
- talk of the town, the
- the only game in town
- the only show in town
- the talk of the town
- the toast of (the town)
- tone down
- town and gown
- town-and-gown
- town-gown
- woman-about-town
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