[Vocabulary] I need to go and work off a few of these calories.

[newkeenlearner]

What does "go" mean here?
I need to go and work off a few of these calories.

 

[emsr2d2]

Why do you think it means anything other than the usual definition of "go"?

 

[newkeenlearner]

Did you mean it meant "leave the current place and go somewhere in order to do some excercise"? For example, go running and walking.

 

[Matthew Wai]

c) go and do something
(also go do something American English) [not in past tenses]
to move to a particular place in order to do something

Source: https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/go

 

[newkeenlearner]

Thank you Matthew. ;-) I really enjoy it when someone introduces some links. I find it really helpful and this is a great way to learn English for me.