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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“Go hungry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20hungry. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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