"go downtown" meaning in English

See go downtown in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-au-go downtown.ogg Forms: goes downtown [present, singular, third-person], going downtown [participle, present], went downtown [past], gone downtown [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> downtown}} go downtown (third-person singular simple present goes downtown, present participle going downtown, simple past went downtown, past participle gone downtown)
  1. To be taken into custody at the police station.
    Sense id: en-go_downtown-en-verb-MtRs8KYQ
  2. (idiomatic, slang) To perform oral sex. Tags: idiomatic, slang Synonyms: go down on [transitive]
    Sense id: en-go_downtown-en-verb-y72x13Xj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 77 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 81 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 85 7
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, downtown.
    Sense id: en-go_downtown-en-verb-T-wqH~ZE

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "went downtown",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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        {
          "ref": "1998, Dialogue - Volumes 1-3, page 20:",
          "text": "Rappin about going downtown on the kitty Let me do you and I won't cum too soon.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, David James, Love and Sex at the Post Office:",
          "text": "Go downtown on her for an oral dessert.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Melisa Karpinske, Twelve Rounds With Cancer & Life, page 54:",
          "text": "You see my mistress needs new sexy lingerie and a VACATION TO A REMOTE ISLAND FAR FROM THE CITY where my wife resides. I must provide this for her, because, she goes downtown on me.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Pamela Ann, The Chasing Series:",
          "text": "Are these normal reactions to your still-hot looking ex? I suppose so. I mean, it was merely a month ago since that mouth went downtown on my body.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To be taken into custody at the police station."
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          "text": "Rappin about going downtown on the kitty Let me do you and I won't cum too soon.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, David James, Love and Sex at the Post Office:",
          "text": "Go downtown on her for an oral dessert.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Melisa Karpinske, Twelve Rounds With Cancer & Life, page 54:",
          "text": "You see my mistress needs new sexy lingerie and a VACATION TO A REMOTE ISLAND FAR FROM THE CITY where my wife resides. I must provide this for her, because, she goes downtown on me.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Pamela Ann, The Chasing Series:",
          "text": "Are these normal reactions to your still-hot looking ex? I suppose so. I mean, it was merely a month ago since that mouth went downtown on my body.",
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        }
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        "To perform oral sex."
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