go hungry

idiom

: to suffer every day due to not having enough food to eat
Too many people in the world go hungry every day.

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The other families on their route may go hungry this day or have to take their chances outside. Clarissa Ward, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025 While there is no on-site restaurant, guests will never go hungry. Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025 While the guests at President Trump’s retreats across the globe dine on food from Fauchon in settings such as the George V hotel in Paris, many local seniors, all citizens of the United States, will go hungry. U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025 Where to eat in Tucson Visitors won’t go hungry in Tucson. Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for go hungry

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“Go hungry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20hungry. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.

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