go to the mattresses

短语

发音

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词形变化

goes to the mattresses 三单 goes to the mattresses going to the mattresses gone to the mattresses went to the mattresses going to the mattresses 现在分词 went to the mattresses 过去式 gone to the mattresses 过去式 gone to the mattresses 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To go to war; to use ruthless tactics; to act without restraint.

    习语

    Now, when you're fighting Republicans . . . Democrats are all rallied around and ready to go ahead and go to the mattresses.

词源

From Mario Puzo's gangster novel The Godfather (1969). Those involved in such a conflict might be expected to stay in hideouts where they would sleep on mattresses rather than in beds.

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