What is Go-to?
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An adjective used to indicate the best or most appropriate person to be contacted for a specific reason or purpose.
(Usually used within an organizational structure such as school, corporation, etc.)
John is the go-to guy for all your computer questions.
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A clutch shirt. A shirt to used to pick-up women.
Throw on a go-to and meet me at the bar.
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This can refer to any item or object which is the most commonly used or which you use without having to think about it, such as a food, bag, facial expression, etc. Your 'go-to x' is the 'x' that you will resort to most commonly when you don't have the inclination/time to come up with something more original, or else that you will just go to automatically.
A go-to bag, for example, would be one that went with any day-to-day outfit and is suitable in pretty much any situation. If you're in a rush, you grab your go-to bag.
If you're feeling unimaginative, you eat your go-to food - something quick that requires little effort but tastes good.
The same principle can be applied to pretty much anything.
A: You look grumpy, what's up?
B: Nothing, this is just my go-to face.
A: Dude, all you have in your cupboard is pasta and tinned tomatoes.
B: Yeh I know, I haven't had chance to go shopping - pasta is just my go-to meal.
A: Do you know what kind of glue I should use to stick 2 pieces of wood together?
B: I dunno, I'd just use PVA, it's my go-to glue.
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Go-to girl or go-to boy is someone who you depend on, even if you don't see them from day to day. Can be parent, sibling, friend. Can have positive or negative connotation.
Mom never seemed to love me, but I have always been her go-to girl. I was always there for her when she was ill, while my brothers were nowhere to be found.
