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go to show (something)

if an event or situation goes to show something, it proves that it is true (never in continuous tenses; usually + that ) There are more women in parliament now than ever before. It just goes to show that things are changing. (often + question word) The painting was gone for a week before anyone noticed, which only goes to show how unobservant people are.

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It is now a well-established fact that glaciers move; I consider that my observations go to show, with equal conclusiveness, that a hog in a spring does not move. A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context			go to bed go to bed with go to bed with the chickens go to bed with the sun Go to blazes! go to earth go to extremes go to great lengths go to great lengths to go to great pains go to ground go to head go to hell go to hell in a bucket go to hell in a handbasket Go to hell! go to pieces go to pot go to press go to press with go to rack and ruin go to reward go to sea go to see a man about a dog go to seed go to show go to sleep go to the bathroom go to the bother go to the country go to the devil Go to the devil! go to the dogs go to the ends of the earth go to the expense go to the lavatory go to the limit go to the mat go to the polls go to the stake go to the toilet go to the top go to the trouble go to the wall go to town go to town on go to trial go to war go to waste go to work go together			go to post go to pot go to pot go to press go to press go to press go to press go to press with go to prove go to prove go to prove go to prove go to rack and ruin go to rack and ruin go to rack and ruin go to rack and ruin go to rack and ruin Go to Related Record go to reward go to reward go to reward go to reward go to reward Go To Sea go to see a man about a dog go to seed go to seed go to seed go to seed go to seed go to show go to sleep go to sleep go to sleep Go to Sleep (Little Man being Erased) Go to Sleep. (Little Man being Erased.) Go To Statement Considered Harmful Go To Sync go to the Bar go to the Bar go to the Bar go to the Bar go to the Bar go to the barricades go to the barricades go to the barricades go to the bathroom go to the bathroom go to the bathroom go to the bother go to the country go to the country go to the country go to the country go to the devil go to the devil go to the devil go to the devil Go to the devil! go to the dogs go to the dogs

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