go to
archaic
1. An expression of disapproval, disbelief, indignation, etc. Go to, you knave! Your accusations hold no weight here! Go to, my friend! Whence shall we find such a thing at this hour? Go to, you ask far more than I am able to pay!
2. An expression of encouragement or support. That's it, my friend—go to! Go to, Marianne! You look like a natural on that horse! Go to, my darling. We stand to make quite a fortune from this proposal of yours.
3. An imperative to begin or set forth. Go to and deliver my message to the servants of this land. Go to, Edmund—you're ready to take the horse into town on your own. Joseph never arrived at the cobbler? But I told him to go to hours ago.
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