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Newguest Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Go right to the top on this

Hi

A police officer is talking to his friend who is a suspect. He tells him to get away before the federals will get him. He aks him: Are you going to just wait until they come get you?

The suspect replied: No, I'm not going to wait. I'm going right to the top on this.

What does it mean to go right to the top on something?
  

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Newguest No, I'm not going to wait. I'm going right to the top on this. It usually means that you're going to take the issue to the highest level of authority.

— Avangi

  • Newguest No, I'm not going to wait.
  • I'm going right to the top on this.
  • It usually means that you're going to take the issue to the highest level of authority.
  • If it were a legal case, you would continue to appeal (if you lost in one court) until you finally reached the Supreme Court.
  • " I'm going right home.
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Newguest No, I'm not going to wait. I'm going right to the top on this.
It usually means that you're going to take the issue to the highest level of authority.

If it were a legal case, you would continue to appeal (if you lost in one court)
until you finally reached the Supreme Court.

In some cases, "right" means "directly," and in other
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Hi

So it could mean: I'm going to meet the most important guy (the president for example) and present him my case?
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Yes, although it might not be the president. Where the "feds" are concerned, people have been known to go to their US Senators (representing their state) when they have an issue with the federal government.

When he made this statement, he may or may not have had in mind exactly where he was going.
Although the use of the word "directly" suggests that he was not planning to go step b
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Thank you very much, Avangi.
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