have (got) to go

idiom

: to be required to leave

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

: to need to be gotten rid of

These old boxes have (got) to go.

informal : to use the toilet

One of the children said he had to go.

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Health, age, and ethnicity are major factors that come into play, and once all that checks out, donors then have to go through with the donation process—and over half of them back out when called upon. —

Pia Velasco, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024 Supreme Court upheld restrictions on ballot drop boxes, after the state enacted new limitations saying people dropping off ballots for voters with disabilities have to go into an election office rather than leaving the ballot in a drop box. —

Alison Durkee, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 In addition, as noted above, like every other water transaction in Colorado, this will have to go through water court, to make sure that other entities and water rights are not harmed by this transaction. —

Bill Ritter Jr., The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024 And guess who's going to have to go fight in those wars? —

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