go to the country

verb

To appeal to the feeling of the community by calling a general election

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Meanings

verbgo to the country (third-person singular simple present goes to the country, present participle going to the country, simple past went to the country, past participle gone to the country)

present singular third person goes to the country · participle present going to the country · past went to the country · participle past gone to the country

  1. datedgovernmentTo appeal to the feeling of the community by calling a general election

    According to polls, Labour is on course to make significant gains in Scotland when Rishi Sunak finally goes to the country.

    2024 April 29, Editorial, “The Guardian view on Humza Yousaf’s resignation: miscalculation leads to crisis”, in The Guardian, UK, →ISSN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, country.
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APA

go to the country. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20to%20the%20country

MLA

“go to the country.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20to%20the%20country. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go to the country,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20to%20the%20country.

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