1884. Hawley Smart, From Post to Finish, p. 219. There would be far too many there who had seen Gerald Rockingham go with the York and Ainstey not to at once know that he and Jim Forrest were identical. 5. (colloquial).—To be pregnant. 1561–1626. Bacon, (quoted by Dr. Johnson). Women go commonly nine months, the cow and ewe about six months. 1601. Shakspeare, Henry VIII., iv., 1. Great bellied women that had not half a week to go. Go down, verb. phr. (colloquial).—1. To be accepted, received, or swallowed; to wash (q.v.). 1609. Dekker, Lanthorne and Candle-Light, in wks. (Grosart), III., 272. For the woorst hors-flesh (so it be cheape) does best goe downe with him. 1659. Massinger, City Madam, i., 1. But now I fear it will be spent in poultry; Butcher’s-meat will not go down. 1663. Pepys, Diary, 9 Nov. The present clergy will never heartily go down with the generality of the commons of England. 1742. Fielding, Joseph Andrews, bk. II., ch. xvii. ‘O ho! you are a pretty traveller,’ cries the host, ‘and not know the Levant! ... you must not talk of these things with me, you must not tip us the traveller—it won’t go here.’ 1748. Smollett, Rod. Random, ch. xxi. He ... shook his head, and beginning with his usual exclamation said, ‘That won’t go down with me.’ 1885. W. E. Norris, Adrian Vidal, ch. vii. In fashion or out of fashion, they always pay and always go down with the public. 2. (University).—To be under discipline; to be rusticated. 1863. H. Kingsley, Austin Elliot, i., 179. How dare you say ‘deuce’ in my presence? You can go down, my Lord. 3. (common).—To become bankrupt. Also, to go under. 1892. R. L. Stevenson and L. Osbourne, The Wrecker, p. 19. Some one had certainly gone down. To go due north, verb. phr. (obsolete).—To go bankrupt. [That is, to go to White-cross Street Prison, once situate in north London]. See Quisby. To go on the dub, verb. phr. (old).—To go house-breaking; to pick locks. See Dub. 1690. B. E., Dict. of the Cant. Crew. Going upon the dub, c. Breaking a House with picklocks. 1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v. 1811. Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v. To go to the dogs, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To go to ruin. [Cf., the Dutch proverb ‘Toe goê, toe de dogs’ = money gone, credit gone too.] See Demnition bow-wows. 1857. A. Trollope, Three Clerks, ch. i. The service, he said, would go to the dogs, and might do for anything he cared and he did not mind how soon. 1863. H. Kingsley, Austin Elliot, 1, 179. ‘Got a second!—bah! The University is going to the ‘——’ Deuce!’ suggested Lord Charles, who was afraid of something worse. ‘Dogs, Sir, dogs!’ c. 1879. Broadside Ballad, ‘Old Clo’.’ My line of business is played out, it’s going to the dogs. To go off on the ear, verb. phr. (American).—To get angry; to fly into a tantrum. See Nab the rust.