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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Yet if every hunter thinks this way, the kill will not be made and the tribe as a whole will go hungry.
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John C. Goodman, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
The overexploitation of smaller fish deprives the larger wild fish that remain of their food; aquatic mammals and sea birds, such as ospreys and eagles, also go hungry.
—Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
Some would rather go hungry than eat a different brand of their favorite food.
—Spark, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Surely a man need never go hungry in this land, especially when living on a lakeshore.
—Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 15 Aug. 2024
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John C. Goodman, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
The overexploitation of smaller fish deprives the larger wild fish that remain of their food; aquatic mammals and sea birds, such as ospreys and eagles, also go hungry.
—Alan B. Sielen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
Some would rather go hungry than eat a different brand of their favorite food.
—Spark, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
Surely a man need never go hungry in this land, especially when living on a lakeshore.
—Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Go hungry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20hungry. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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