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.
Examples of have (got) to go in a Sentence
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The affordability component of the project and requests to fund the project with tax increment financing, or TIF, will have to go through Financial Affairs and the Common Council, Mayor Dennis McBride said at the meeting.
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Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024
The monkey flowers have come up with a way to not have to go through the very expensive, energetic work of making all this pollen, but just emitting the volatile chemicals.
—Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times, 13 May 2024
Patients who would have typically gone to North Shore for maternity care now have to go elsewhere.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
Often, safe mode incidents are just a part of a telescope’s life—who doesn’t have to go to the doctor every once and a while to make sure things are working properly after a health scare?—but these incidents still often leave astronomers on edge.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 9 May 2024
Teachers would have to go through 40 hours of training, pass a psychological evaluation, submit fingerprints and get a handgun permit in order to carry a weapon.
—Blaise Gainey, NPR, 7 May 2024
For example, the NHL, NBA and MLB all have to sign off on the plan, so any major hiccup in a complicated agreement could scuttle the deal and the teams would have to go in a different direction, either collectively or separately.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2024
And of course, Elena didn't have to go on any hostile environments training to know that.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024
Of course, the duo hit some age- and fame- and schedule- and mean-girl-related roadblocks and have to go their separate ways for a while.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 1 May 2024
Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2024
The monkey flowers have come up with a way to not have to go through the very expensive, energetic work of making all this pollen, but just emitting the volatile chemicals.
—Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times, 13 May 2024
Patients who would have typically gone to North Shore for maternity care now have to go elsewhere.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
Often, safe mode incidents are just a part of a telescope’s life—who doesn’t have to go to the doctor every once and a while to make sure things are working properly after a health scare?—but these incidents still often leave astronomers on edge.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 9 May 2024
Teachers would have to go through 40 hours of training, pass a psychological evaluation, submit fingerprints and get a handgun permit in order to carry a weapon.
—Blaise Gainey, NPR, 7 May 2024
For example, the NHL, NBA and MLB all have to sign off on the plan, so any major hiccup in a complicated agreement could scuttle the deal and the teams would have to go in a different direction, either collectively or separately.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2024
And of course, Elena didn't have to go on any hostile environments training to know that.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024
Of course, the duo hit some age- and fame- and schedule- and mean-girl-related roadblocks and have to go their separate ways for a while.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 1 May 2024
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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 19 May. 2024.
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