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Definition of go through the motions
go through the motions
verb
- to do something out of obligation rather than desire, without devoting any significant effort.
Bob said he was having a good time at the party but you could see he was only going through the motions.
Citation from "Chapter 13", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 7 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Jan 12 2012. Submitted by Alvaro C. from Aracaju, Brazil on Dec 21 1998.
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Other terms relating to 'go': | |
| Definitions include: completely ready. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friends forever who eat out and go shopping a lot". | |
| Definitions include: used to tell someone to stop messing with people. | |
| Definitions include: excited and ready to start. | |
| Definitions include: from the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "got to go". | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "goes away from keyboard". | |
| Definitions include: "goes in to". | |
| Definitions include: the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: to get a person excited. | |
| Definitions include: to move one's legs. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "go fuck yourself". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "go fuck yourself". | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "go fuck yourself." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "good game." | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
Other terms relating to 'through': | |
| Definitions include: to use up. | |
| Definitions include: having great oral sex skills. | |
| Definitions include: to tarnish a person's reputation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely fast. | |
| Definitions include: to accidentally defecate. | |
| Definitions include: to understand. | |
| Definitions include: to go through a rough patch, i.e. a difficult time. | |
| Definitions include: to suffer a great ordeal. | |
| Definitions include: to become very high. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "heard through". | |
| Definitions include: to perform unnecessary tasks to get a goal accomplished. | |
| Definitions include: used to express the amount of effort required to accomplish a task that needs to be completed ahead of schedule. | |
| Definitions include: to tell a big lie. | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
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