English Explanatory Dictionary

go to the well

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To draw on a resource or reserve that may be at risk of being exhausted.

Word forms

go to the well goes to the well going to the well went to the well gone to the well

Related words

the jug goes to the well until it breaks the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last
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