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

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That means concerned copyright holders have to go hunting. —Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2024

However, whoever is crowned will have to go to through a verification process, displaying an authentic birth certificate where the record keepers will validate their birth. —USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024

Guys don’t have to go create on their own in a one-on-one situation. —Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024

Image Image Drills — easily hired from companies with storefronts across the city — often fail to find water or have to go deeper now, which means more electricity and gas for the pumps pulling precious liquid from the earth. —Damien Cave Atul Loke, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024

For entrepreneurs who can be as nimble as speedboats, not clunky cruiseship-like big tech entities who have to go through red tape, legislation and company politics, this marks opportunity. —Jodie Cook, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024

To become an operator at a functioning nuclear plant, workers have to go through an 18-month training plan and continue to receive training after their initial certification. —Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2024

Still, the bridge is crucial to the area, and now that it is gone, vehicles will either have to go around the Baltimore Beltway or go through the Baltimore Harbor tunnels. —Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024

Gas prices will have to go up in order to incentivize drillers and line operators to meet demand growth, but Lack thinks the economics will continue to be good for America's LNG export business — because there is still a lot of coal to be replaced with cleaner gas. —Christopher Helman, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024