go-to

adjective [before noun] informal

Definition

› the person, company, service, etc. that everyone thinks of calling first when they need something: He was everyone's go-to guy for computer problems.

(Definition of go-to adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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“go-to” in other dictionaries

British English

go to sb/sth
go over to sth
go to press, at press noun
go to the dogs, at dog noun
go to the wall, at wall noun
get/go back to basics, at basics noun

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go to sb/sth
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