go toward(s)

phrasal verb

went toward(s); gone toward(s); going toward(s); goes toward(s)

: to help pay for (something)

My extra income is going towards a new car.

Your donations will go toward better sanitation for refugees.

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One hundred percent of proceeds from the concert will go toward fire relief efforts, organizers said. —

Saba Hamedy, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2025 For those who want to support Music on Grand, a donation link has been set up at musicongrand.com/donate that will go toward scholarships for transgender and nonbinary students. —

Mars King, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2025 Much of the money will go towards Trump's presidential library. —

Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025 Around $22 million of the settlement will go toward Trump’s presidential library, and the rest will be distributed among the plaintiffs of the case, a Meta spokesperson confirmed to the Journal. —

Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for go toward(s)

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