What does 'Go Commando' mean? - Learn some English Idioms using the word 'GO'

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English Addict with Mr Duncan


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um i have some things in my bag  some very interesting things in fact
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so here are some phrases that you can use  in english using the word go for example
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you might go rogue
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oh to go rogue means to go  off and do your own thing
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or maybe if you are disobeying instructions  quite often we use this in the military
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so if a person decides to go off  
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and do their own thing maybe they are disobeying  the instructions or the orders given to them
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you might say that they go  rogue rogue they go rogue
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it means they go off and they do their  own thing they go against instructions  
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that have been given to them where is mr steve  has he gone rogue no he hasn't fortunately
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fortunately for me mr steve has  not gone rogue however maybe he has
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sometimes mr steve does go bananas you  go bananas if you go bananas it means  
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you go crazy maybe you lose your mind maybe you  become agitated or annoyed or maybe over excited
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you go bananas you go bananas some  people go bananas over certain pop  
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groups maybe certain types of music you  might go bananas over learning english
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you become very excited about doing it you love  it so much you love it so much you go bananas
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ah now this next one is something that a lot of  people accuse me of doing mr duncan sometimes  
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you go on and on sometimes you go on and on  this expression means that you talk too much
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or maybe you talk about something that  is not interesting you just go on and on  
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to go on and on means to talk about  something for a very long time
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quite often in a dull and an interesting way  so something that's not interesting means  
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to go on and on
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oh you always go on and on about your time  in china mr duncan you always go on and on  
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about the sheep at the bank of your house
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hello fun time fun time hello fun time  welcome to my little live stream from england
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there is myself and also behind  me you might notice there are some  
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some sheep as well but don't worry  about that oh here's a good one
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to go commando oh well of course today  i am wearing my shorts as i mentioned  
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earlier would you like to see my  shorts okay then so here are my shorts
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if you are a very sensitive person  if you are a person who is sensitive  
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then please look away now don't look at this  unless you like being scared by horrible things
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yes i am in my shorts i am in my shorts however  
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this expression to go commando means to wear your  clothes however you are not wearing any underpants
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so if you go commando it means you are  wearing no underpants under your clothes
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you go commando
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so that's what it means the next time maybe your  husband goes out into the garden in his shorts  
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please make sure you ask him if he  is going commando or commando style
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that means he's wearing no underwear
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what about me mr duncan are you going commando?
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i am definitely not going commando today just  in case because there are lots of insects  
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crawling around i don't want any of them  to go up into my shorts no i really don't
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so if you go commando it means  you are wearing your clothes  
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but you are wearing no  underpants you are going commando
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the answer to that question by the way is no
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i am i am definitely wearing my underwear
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oh by the way on sunday next sunday we are  going to find out what happened to mr steve  
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with his strange spots
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do you remember that mr steve  had some very strange spots
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here's another one you might go too far go too far
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if you go too far well as an idiom  or as an expression it means you push  
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your yourself too much or  maybe you do something too much
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you go too far you go too far so in  this particular sentence you can mean  
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to go much further than you should
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however we can also use this as an idiom  
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to go too far it means you did something  too much you went too far you go too far
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maybe some of your humour might  be offensive to other people  
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you might have someone say  oh i didn't like your humour
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i think sometimes you go too far sometimes  your humour is rude or disgusting  
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sometimes you go too far
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you do something too much or in the wrong way
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here's another one
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here's another thing that  a lot of people say to me
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here's another thing that  people quite often say to me
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that's not very nice is it
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go to hell
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go to hell
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go to hell
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a person who you dislike or a  person who you want to tell go away
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you want them to go away
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oh please go away i never want to see you again
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i never want to see your face ever  again you have upset me so much
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i do not want to see your face ever again please
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go to hell
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go to hell
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so it's quite often used in fact it  is almost always used as an insult
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if you tell someone go to hell
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quite often people will say this in anger
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so when they are feeling angry about  something they will say go to hell
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one of the things i love about  living in the 21st century
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is all of the wonderful technology  that exists in the world
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i love technology so much well  i i do like it when it works
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however sometimes technology  does not work very well
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sometimes it might go wrong
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so maybe sometimes things go wrong it means
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they do not work well
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something will go wrong something will happen  that means that thing is not working properly
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so sometimes you might find your computer  or maybe your mobile phone will go wrong
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it will go wrong it will suddenly stop working
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so when something goes wrong it  means that it is not working properly  
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there is a problem with that thing it  is not working very well to go wrong
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here's another one
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now this is quite an interesting one
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you might go to pieces
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if a person goes to pieces it means  they lose control of their emotions
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they have a nervous breakdown they go to pieces
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a person that goes to pieces is a person  who loses control of their emotions
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they go to pieces
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so if you go to pieces it means you  are losing control of your emotions
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maybe you become anxious  or maybe you start to panic
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you go to pieces i like that one that's a good one
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quite often when i'm preparing my live stream
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i will often go to pieces when things go wrong
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and quite often i will tell  my equipment to go to hell
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oh go to town to do something in a lavish way
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to do something in an extravagant way
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you go to town you do  something without holding back
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you go to town you do something extravagantly
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maybe you go to town with your your fashion
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so if you go to town with your fashion  it means you wear very expensive clothing
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or very colourful clothing you go to town
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another interesting idiom we have  just passed one hour one hour
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i've been standing here talking  to you very soon i will go off
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i will leave soon soon i will go off
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if you go off it means you  stop doing something you go off
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you leave you go off however there is also another  way of using this particular sentence as well
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if you if something might go off it means  it might go bad it might spoil maybe food
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maybe if you've had some food in your  refrigerator for a very long time it might go off
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it might become bad it might go rotten
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go off so there is another sentence another idiom  that we can use that means to go rotten to go off
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here's another one oh maybe  you move towards something
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maybe you you approach a moment of time  so if you are moving towards something
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you might say that you go forth go forth
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you are leaving to do something you  are heading in a certain direction
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so this can be used quite often as a figure  of speech to mean that you are doing something
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or you are leaving to do something
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please leave here now and  do your homework go forth
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hello khan new win the sheep behind you  seem very relaxed it seems like they like  
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being near you yes although i think most of them
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most of them are actually gone now they've left
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i think i think the sheep were  getting very bored with my live stream
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here's another one i think  this might be the last one
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let me just see is it the last one
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there we have two more you  have two more before i finish
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you might go for someone go for someone
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if you go for someone it means  you approach them aggressively
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you go for someone
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so this can be used as an expression to mean one  person tries to attack another person physically
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you go for someone
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maybe one person goes for someone else
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it means they attack them they  attack them quite often physically
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so if someone physically attacks another  person we can say that they go for someone
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a person who attacks another person
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that person goes for someone they attack them
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finally we have this particular sentence
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to go straight to go straight
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i think this is quite a good one considering
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if a person decides to go  straight it means they decide  
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to be a good person they  decide not to do bad things
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so perhaps a person who's been to  prison for a certain amount of time
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maybe a person who has been in prison  
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and then they they come out of  prison after serving their sentence
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and then they decide that they are going to be  
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good they are not going to  do anything bad ever again
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so they decide to go straight
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if you go straight it means you  decide to stop being naughty
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you decide that you will not break the law anymore
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you are going to go straight  
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this is a well-known idiom a well-known  expression that is often used in english
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when a person decides that they  are going to be good from now on
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i promise in the future i will never do anything  bad ever again i promise that i will go straight
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i will not do anything bad ever again
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so there are some idioms some  expressions using the word go
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hello rosa rosa says hi there i always hope that i  can practice english with a native english speaker
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well even if you can't you have me so  you can always join me on my live streams  
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and then we can practice our english  or you can practice your english
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and i will talk to you as  much as i can and hopefully  
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we can all enjoy the english language together
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there are insects crawling  up my legs at the moment
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i think they are trying to get into my shorts
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