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.
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Initially, when Cavell tried to get the item on Thursday's agenda, Woodward refused; generally such measures have to go through a committee before coming to the full commission.
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Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 24 Aug. 2025
But spiky lashes don’t have to go full-disco decadence.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 22 Aug. 2025
Eventually, the Fairfield kids, like the Trumbull kids in 1989, will have to go back to school, come back to earth, and life will go on.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Aug. 2025
That is why leaders and team members have to go first.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 24 Aug. 2025
But spiky lashes don’t have to go full-disco decadence.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 22 Aug. 2025
Eventually, the Fairfield kids, like the Trumbull kids in 1989, will have to go back to school, come back to earth, and life will go on.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Aug. 2025
That is why leaders and team members have to go first.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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 27 Aug. 2025.
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