TO GO TO TOWN

You might go to town to work, shop, or socialise; however, the phrase “to go to town” is also used as an idiom meaning to do something extremely enthusiastically or thoroughly.

 Examples

 “Shops in Brighton go to town with festive window displays”

 “Usborne have gone to town with publicity for the book, sending out review copies wrapped in a fictionalised Edwardian map of Cambridge”

 “However, you can really go to town on the flavour combinations.”

 “Chloe started by painting the cupboards a dark green, then went to town on the potted plants.”


 Photo credit: Tom Magliery (Creative Commons)