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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If and when targets of tariffs ultimately acquiesce to Trump’s demands, those tariffs also have to go away, which hurts the administration’s revenue-raising goals.
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David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
How utterly unfortunate to live so far north, to be constantly suffering drafts, to be given such jowls, to have to go along with the Reformation.
—Nicole Krauss, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
The monster that might have to go back and eat Elon.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 6 July 2025
If enacted, Wolfe said nearly 6 million households may have to go without air conditioning or heat.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 5 July 2025
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David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
How utterly unfortunate to live so far north, to be constantly suffering drafts, to be given such jowls, to have to go along with the Reformation.
—Nicole Krauss, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
The monster that might have to go back and eat Elon.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 6 July 2025
If enacted, Wolfe said nearly 6 million households may have to go without air conditioning or heat.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 5 July 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 15 Jul. 2025.
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