go hungry

idiom

: to suffer every day due to not having enough food to eat
Too many people in the world go hungry every day.

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Another part worried that the flavor of my favorite childhood dish would taste too much like comfort—and comfort, right now, feels like betrayal as so many Palestinians in Gaza go hungry. Reem Kassis, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025 And because no one should go hungry on Thanksgiving, the nonprofit needs help to increase that number. Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025 The real cost of inaction shows up when children go hungry because their communities are drawn out of political power and their needs are ignored. Trena Turner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025 Arrowhead Stadium is usually where visiting teams go hungry, remember? Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for go hungry

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“Go hungry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20hungry. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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