noun, verb, pieced, piec⋅ing.| 1. | a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate. |
| 2. | a quantity of some substance or material forming a single mass or body: a nice piece of lumber. |
| 3. | a more or less definite portion or quantity of a whole: to cut a blueberry pie into six pieces. |
| 4. | a particular length, as of certain goods prepared for the market: cloth sold by the piece. |
| 5. | an amount of work forming a single job: to be paid by the piece and not by the hour. |
| 6. | an example of workmanship, esp. of artistic production, as a picture or a statue: The museum has some interesting pieces by Picasso. |
| 7. | a literary composition, usually short, in prose or verse. |
| 8. | a literary selection for recitation: Each child had a chance to recite a piece. |
| 9. | a musical composition. |
| 10. | one of the parts that, when assembled, form a whole: the pieces of a clock. |
| 11. | an individual article of a set or collection: a set of dishes containing 100 pieces. |
| 12. | Chess, Checkers.
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| 13. | a token, charm, or amulet: a good-luck piece. |
| 14. | an individual thing of a particular class or kind: a piece of furniture; a piece of drawing paper. |
| 15. | an example, specimen, or instance of something: a fine piece of workmanship. |
| 16. | one of the parts into which a thing is destructively divided or broken; a part, fragment, or shred: to tear a letter into pieces. |
| 17. | Military.
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| 18. | a coin: a five-cent piece. |
| 19. | Midland and Southern U.S. a distance: I'm going down the road a piece. |
| 20. | Chiefly North Midland U.S. a snack. |
| 21. | Also called piece of ass. Slang: Vulgar.
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| 22. | to mend (a garment, article, etc.) by adding, joining, or applying a piece or pieces; patch. |
| 23. | to complete, enlarge, or extend by an added piece or something additional (often fol. by out): to piece out a library with new books. |
| 24. | to make by or as if by joining pieces (often fol. by together): to piece a quilt; to piece together a musical program. |
| 25. | to join together, as pieces or parts: to piece together the fragments of a broken dish. |
| 26. | to join as a piece or addition to something: to piece new wire into the cable. |
| 27. | to assemble into a meaningful whole by combining available facts, information, details, etc.: He pieced the story together after a lot of effort. |
| 28. | Chiefly North Midland U.S. to eat small portions of food between meals; snack. |
| 29. | give someone a piece of one's mind. mind (def. 35). |
| 30. | go to pieces,
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| 31. | of a piece, of the same kind; harmonious; consistent. Also, of one piece. |
| 32. | piece of the action. action (def. 23). |
| 33. | speak one's piece, to express one's opinion; reveal one's thoughts upon a subject: I decided to speak my piece whether they liked it or not. |

go 1 (gō) v. went (wěnt), gone (gôn, gŏn), go·ing, goes (gōz) v. intr.
Informal Functioning correctly and ready for action: All systems are go. Phrasal Verbs: go about To set about to do; undertake: Go about your chores in a responsible way. go along To cooperate: They get along by going along. go around
go aboutTo set about to do; undertake: Go about your chores in a responsible way. go alongTo cooperate: They get along by going along. go around
Idiom(s): from the word goFrom the very beginning. Idiom(s): go all the waySlang To have sexual intercourse. Idiom(s): go back onTo fail to honor or keep: go back on a promise. Idiom(s): go beggingTo be in little or no demand: "Prestige or no prestige, directors' jobs at some companies have actually gone begging" (Bill Powell). Idiom(s): go belly up Informal To undergo total financial failure: "A record number of . . . banks went belly up" (New Republic). Idiom(s): go bust Informal To undergo financial collapse: "Railroads were in the news mainly when they were going bust" (Christian Science Monitor). Idiom(s): go by the boardTo be discarded or ignored: old dress codes that have now gone by the board. Idiom(s): go down the lineTo provide strong support. Idiom(s): go fly a kite Informal To cease being an annoyance. Often used in the imperative. Idiom(s): go for broke Informal To commit or expend all of one's available resources toward achievement of a goal: "Why not go for broke and take on somebody who is quite young and see what he does?" (Roger L. Stevens). Idiom(s): go for it Informal To expend all one's strength and resources toward achievement of an end or purpose. Idiom(s): go in for
Idiom(s): go in withTo join in or combine with: He'll go in with them on the plan. Idiom(s): go it aloneTo undertake a project, trip, or responsibility without the presence or help of others. Idiom(s): go off the deep endTo behave hysterically or very recklessly. Idiom(s): go one betterTo surpass or outdo by one degree: He's gone me one better. Idiom(s): go out forTo seek to become a participant in: go out for varsity soccer. Idiom(s): go out of (one's) wayTo inconvenience oneself in doing something beyond what is required. Idiom(s): go out the window Informal To become insignificant or inoperative: "As soon as a third body is introduced to the Newtonian system, all lawful ordering of processes goes out the window" (Fusion). Idiom(s): go places Informal To be on the way to success: a young executive who is clearly going places. Idiom(s): go steadyTo date someone exclusively. Idiom(s): go the distanceTo carry a course of action through to completion. Idiom(s): go the voleTo risk all of one's resources in the prospect of achieving great gains. Idiom(s): go to itTo begin something right away. Idiom(s): go to (one's) head
Idiom(s): go to pieces
Idiom(s): go to the mat Informal To fight or dispute until one side or another is victorious: The governor will go to the mat with the legislature over the controversial spending bill. Idiom(s): go to the wall Informal
Idiom(s): go to town Informal
Idiom(s): go up in flames/smokeTo be utterly destroyed. Idiom(s): go without sayingTo be self-evident: It goes without saying that success is the product of hard work. Idiom(s): on the goConstantly busy or active. Idiom(s): to goTo be taken out, as restaurant food or drink: coffee and doughnuts to go. [Middle English gon, from Old English gān; see ghē- in Indo-European roots.] Our Living Language : Go has long been used to describe the production of nonlinguistic noises, notably in conversation with children, as in The train went "toot." The cow goes "moo." In recent years, however, many speakers have begun to use go in informal conversation to report speech, as in Then he goes, "You think you're real smart, don't you?" This usage parallels the quotation introducers be all and be like. But unlike these other expressions, which can indicate thoughts or attitudes, the quotational use of go is largely restricted to dialogue related in the narrative present, especially when the narrator wishes to mimic the accent or intonation of the original speaker. See Notes at all, like2. |
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go to pieces
Experience an emotional or mental breakdown, as in When she heard of his death she went to pieces. [Late 1800s] For a synonym, see fall apart, def. 2.