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Meaning of "go to the wall" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GO TO THE WALL

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GO TO THE WALL

go to
go to bed
go to blazes!
go to court
go to ground
go to it
go to law
go to meet one´s Maker
go to one´s head
go to pieces
go to pot
go to sea
go to seed
go to the country
go to the devil
go to the dogs
go to the pack
go to town
go together
go too far

WORDS THAT END LIKE GO TO THE WALL

brick wall
cavity wall
cell wall
Chinese wall
climbing wall
curtain wall
drive to the wall
fly on the wall
garden wall
go up the wall
hanging wall
hole in the wall
party wall
perimeter wall
retaining wall
sea wall
video wall
wall
wall to wall
with one´s back to the wall
writing on the wall

Synonyms and antonyms of go to the wall in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GO TO THE WALL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «go to the wall» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of go to the wall

Translation of «go to the wall» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GO TO THE WALL

Find out the translation of go to the wall to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of go to the wall from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «go to the wall» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

去到壁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ir a la pared
570 millions of speakers

English

go to the wall
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दीवार के पास जाओ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اذهب إلى الجدار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перейти на стене
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ir para a parede
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাচীর যেতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aller à la paroi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pergi ke dinding
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gehen an der Wand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

窮地に陥る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

벽 으로 이동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pindhah menyang tembok
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi vào tường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுவரில் போ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भिंतीकडे जा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Duvara git
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

andare al muro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przejdź do ściany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перейти на стіні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

du-te la peretele
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πηγαίνετε στον τοίχο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gaan na die muur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gå till väggen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gå til veggen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of go to the wall

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GO TO THE WALL»

The term «go to the wall» is very widely used and occupies the 1.243 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GO TO THE WALL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about go to the wall

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QUOTES WITH «GO TO THE WALL»

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Diane Abbott
I'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GO TO THE WALL»

Discover the use of go to the wall in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to go to the wall and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
1783 Freneau Poems 2.212: When loaded with laurels — they go to the wall, 1786 303: Tho he went to the wall With his project and all. 1792 RKing in Hamilton Papers 12.21: He must go to the wall. 1794 Ames Letters 1.135: It is driving us to ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
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Dictionary of Idiomatic English Phrases
Charles's hopes had to go to the wall.— Mns. Hennt Wood. The finger or handwriting on the wall — tho announcement of a coming disaster. P. See Handwnitin0. This inesplicable incident, this reversal of my previous experience, seemed, like ...
James Main Dixon, 1891
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A Dictionary of Proverbs
The WEAKEST go to the wall Usually said to derive from the installation of seating (around the walls) in the churches of the late Middle Ages. To go to the wall means figuratively 'to succumb in a conflict or struggle'. a1500Coventry Plays ...
Jennifer Speake, 2008
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The Human Stain: A Novel
I can't go to the Wall. I can't go down there and see so-and-so's name. No way. No how. Can't do it." Les, for one, had told Louie, "I heard about your trip that last time. I heard all about how bad it went. Twenty-five dollars a head for this charter  ...
Philip Roth, 2000
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A Call to Witness
We departed from the Garden Tomb and went to the Wailing Wall or the Western Wall. The Wailing Wall is a very sacred place in the Jewish tradition. When we arrived we saw crowds of people waiting to go to the wall. I felt very impressed and ...
Clarence G. Page, 2011
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The Genesis Machine
"It's a dog-eat-dog jungle; the strong survive and the weak go to the wall. To stay strong we have to get our priorities straight. Your priorities are all screwed up. Now you're asking us to follow suit and compound the offense by approving it.
James P. Hogan, 2003
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The Lady Liberian
... FOREIGNERS ARE NOT VERY WELCOMED LATELY POLITICS I THINK TAKE MY ADVISE AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE WALL HIRE SOME GUARDS THAT ARE CHINESE EVEN AMBASSADORS HAVE PROBLEMS, ANN SAID THANKS ...
Cheyenne Gene
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Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino
My children are not like that; if Marietta thinks Irene has a bigger piece than she has, she will leave the room and go to the wall.” “What,” I asked, “does she go to the wall for?” “Oh! to cry; all the children go to the wall to cry.” I thought of ...
Samuel Butler, 2009
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Introducing Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011
Then, you go to the wall definition and apply that profile as a sweep. It is a twostep process that sounds more onerous than it actually is. The general procedure to complete this process is as follows. First you create the required profile for the ...
Patrick Davis, Charlie Busa, Beau Turner, 2010
10
Policy and Politics in State Budgeting
One of the most representative discussions of the decision to "go to the wall" for an agency request or to label a request "dead on arrival" is this succinct discussion with an IASBO examiner: Q: So what decides whether you're going to go to the ...
Thurmaier

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GO TO THE WALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term go to the wall is used in the context of the following news items.
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Traveling Vietnam Wall is coming to LeRoy
“It's a chance for veterans and family members of veterans to get to go to the wall who otherwise might not make it to Washington, D.C.”. «WJBC News, Jul 15»
2
The doctors' dilemma
The analogy, I'm afraid, does not transfer across to the shipping industry, because if the reckless, rash, ignorant and imprudent go to the wall, ... «Lloyd's List, Jul 15»
3
Pilenko raises a key issue
Contractors will go to the wall if they pursue this strategy. But what about certain VOs that clients are refusing to acknowledge? Many of these ... «Upstream Online, Jul 15»
4
Galápagos Rebellion Against Foreign Investment in Hotels, Golf …
... help residents improve what they have and the service they provide - not invite outsiders to profit while the residents inevitably go to the wall.". «Truth-Out, Jul 15»
5
Read the first chapter of Harper Lee's highly anticipated 'Go Set a …
That's right, you can go to the Wall Street Journal or the Guardian and read the very first chapter online now. Or listen to Reese Witherspoon ... «GeekWire, Jul 15»
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ESPN's Chris Broussard apologizes for reporting errors in tweets …
Why Broussard would go to the wall for such a random story is hard to understand, considering that even at its peak, the anecdote was a ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
7
How has austerity worked out for eurozone countries?
... borrowing. It let one of its banks go to the wall, cut civil service pay and reformed the economy in return for a bailout from the Troika. «BBC News, Jul 15»
8
Scottish dairy statistics break records
It looks like dairy units will get bigger and the biggest casualties will be the smaller family farms who go to the wall." NFU Scotland policy ... «The Scottish Farmer, Jul 15»
9
Union intimidation and harassment is common in the Canberra …
"We don't want to see the honest, reputable builders and subbies go to the wall in the industry ... the CFMEU is campaigning for changes to the ... «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»
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'Yes' camp takes slim lead in Greek bailout referendum poll
Credit ratings agency Fitch said the banks were already effectively bust and would go to the wall within days unless the European Central Bank ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»

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