go to the cinema

phrase

chiefly British
: to go to see a movie

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So, people would go to the cinema to see scale and to see something different. — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2023 The public didn’t want to go to the cinema and had deserted Tunisian films. — Liza Foreman, Variety, 16 Nov. 2022

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“Go to the cinema.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20to%20the%20cinema. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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