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

Recent Examples on the Web 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. 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 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 29 May. 2024.

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