go hungry
idiom
: to suffer every day due to not having enough food to eat
Too many people in the world go hungry every day.
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Working families will lose their health care, children will go hungry, and our seniors will lose access to long-term care, all to pay for massive tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy.
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Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Listen to this article Hundreds of thousands of Bay State children and seniors could go hungry if congressional Republicans carry through with their plan to cut funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the Healey administration is warning.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 15 May 2025
For every must-visit spot listed below, my instructions are simple: plan now, go hungry, and thank me later.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
How focused are students going to be in the classroom if and when the federal government cuts SNAP to the bone and lets some of those kids go hungry?
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
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Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Listen to this article Hundreds of thousands of Bay State children and seniors could go hungry if congressional Republicans carry through with their plan to cut funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the Healey administration is warning.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 15 May 2025
For every must-visit spot listed below, my instructions are simple: plan now, go hungry, and thank me later.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
How focused are students going to be in the classroom if and when the federal government cuts SNAP to the bone and lets some of those kids go hungry?
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for go hungry
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“Go hungry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20hungry. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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