go to town on | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Todevourorconsume(something); toenthusiasticallyorassiduouslywork on(something); totear into(something).2011October,Wellesley Wild, “Seahorse Seashell Party”, inFamily Guy, season10, episode 2, spoken by Meg:Is this coming from my role model mother? The shoplifter, the drug addict, the porn star, the whore who let Gene Simmons and Bill Clintongo to town onher?

Examples:

EN: I want you to go to town on Saturday... and buy a lot of little girls' clothes.
ES: Quiero que el sabado vayas a la ciudad Y compres un lote de ropa para la niña.
EN: I handle the publicity and show you how to really go to town on a story. Not only that.
ES: Me ocuparé de la publicidad y te enseñaré como hacer que funcione una historia.
EN: The air forces can ready to go to town on those railroads now.
ES: La fuerza aérea podrá actuar sobre esas vías.
EN: Let them go to town on the kid, I'm okay with that.
ES: Estoy de acuerdo en hacer ruido en torno a la chica.
EN: Let him go to town on the stagecoach.
ES: - Déjale que vaya en la diligencia.
EN: I gotta go to town on business.
ES: Debo ir a la ciudad por negocios.
EN: A guy could go to town on that.
ES: Con eso uno podría tener la vida hecha.
EN: Why don't we go to town on Friday night?
ES: ¿Por qué no vamos a la ciudad el viernes por la noche?
EN: Psychic phenomena, E.S.P., dreams, visions the defense could go to town on you.
ES: Fenómenos psíquicos, sueños y visiones la defensa puede ensañarse con usted.
EN: There are paintbrushes, paints, so once you decide on the name, you can go to town on that.
ES: Hay pinceles, pinturas, así que cuando decidais un nombre lo podreis poner.
EN: Baby, if I want my candy to freshen my breath, I'd just lap some toothpaste on'em... watch him to call and ball and go to town on that bad boy, you know what I'm saying?
ES: Bomboncito, Si quisiera una chuchería para refrescar mi aliento, simplemente lamería pasta de dientes, pillaría un cepillo y directos a la ciudad del chico malo, ¿Sabes de qué estoy hablando?
EN: Before Izzy was born, if I saw a half-eaten meatball sub in the trash, you better believe I would dust that bad boy off and go to town on it.
ES: Antes de que Izzie naciera, si veía una albóndiga en la basura seguro que la levantaba y me la comía de inmediato.
EN: Jude's my nephew, so don't go to town on him.
ES: Jude es mi sobrino, así que no te excedas con él. Actúa rápido y limpiamente.
EN: God wants us to leave here, get a good meal, And go to town on each other.
ES: Dios quiere que nos vayamos, cenemos una buena comida y hagamos el amor toda la noche.
EN: I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy she poisoned So this other boy would go to town on her.
ES: Soy una chica enfrente de alguien a quien envenenó para poder salir con otro.

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