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

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Thanks to Amazon’s Valentine’s Day gift shop, your perfect present doesn’t have to go over budget; the retailer is filled to the brim with under-$50 finds, from Lego flowers that will outlive any standard bouquet and irresistible chocolates to cozy candles and at-home massagers. —Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025

The Oilers will probably have to go shopping again if Klingberg can’t cut it. —Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025

As with the Boston Delta One lounge, guests will have to go through a Sky Club to get to it—it’ll be on the second floor, while a new 14,000-square-foot Sky Club will be on the ground floor, near Gate 11 in Concourse A. —Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 24 Jan. 2025

To change regulations that would reform student loan forgiveness under PSLF, the department would have to go through a formal legal process under the Administrative Procedures Act. —Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025