go to town

go to town
phrasal
1. : to work or act rapidly, efficiently, or enthusiastically

your friends were going to town on me properly when you arrived — Hartley Howard

2. : to be successful

military-aircraft production … has really begun to go to town in the last few months — Popular Science Monthly

3. : to indulge oneself excessively

his ability to enlarge an emotional experience without going to town sentimentally about it — Virgil Thomson

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go to town (informal)
To act, behave or perform enthusiastically, with thoroughness, without restraint
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Main Entry:town

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informal do something thoroughly, enthusiastically, or extravagantly

I thought I'd go to town on the redecoration

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go to town
informal : to do something in a very thorough and enthusiastic way

When they throw a party, they really go to town. [=they spend a lot of money and have a big party]

— often + on

She really went to town on the decorations for the party.

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Main Entry:town

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