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Idioms and Phrases

This phrase is an intensifier, that is, it heightens the action indicated by the verb that follows it. For example, Don't go and eat all the leftover chicken is stronger than “Don't eat all the leftover chicken.” Similarly, Thomas Gray put it in a letter (1760): “But now she has gone ... and married that Monsieur de Wolmar.” Sometimes the and is omitted, as in Go tell Dad dinner is ready , or Go fly a kite , colloquial imperatives telling someone to do something. [c. 1300]

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"A part of me felt sort of triumphant for a moment until I realised, actually, no, this isn't some heroic moment; you didn't go and get your car back; you've actually done something a bit stupid."

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"I am going to get to the course early and watch it there, then go and warm up because we are playing in the afternoon," he told BBC Sport.

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"It's important to go and win the semi-final, but I think our main goal is the Premier League, to try to qualify for the Champions League," Nunes said after the midweek league win over Villa.

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"One time I remember his little brother had asked him for peanut butter on his bread, something he had to go and get in the supermarket - and subsequently he just missed the bus. That period has shaped him both as a human and footballer."

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“The walls broke down for me where it’s not just five places where you can go and discover talent,” said Sam Grey, CEO of comedy studio and talent management firm Stapleview, who has signed comedy clients based on social media videos.

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