have (got) to go

idiom

1

: to be required to leave

I've got to go. I have a dentist appointment.

2

: to need to be gotten rid of

These old boxes have (got) to go.

3

informal : to use the toilet

One of the children said he had to go.

Examples of have (got) to go in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Because of the damage to Tropicana, the Rays this year have to play at the New York Yankees’ minor-league complex, and might have to go there again in 2026 as well. —Evan Drellich, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025

For now, Green will have to go back to the drawing board and determine what his next move is. —William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025

Black History Month 2022 Artwork from the Black Lives Matter memorial has a new home: the Library of Congress The next day, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser released a statement suggesting that the mural will have to go. —Juliana Kim, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025

Scheppler’s band of gunners will have to go on the road to No. 3 SRV as the No. 6 seed on Wednesday. —Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2025