go aroundTo satisfy a demand or requirement: just enough food to go around.
To go here and there; move from place to place.
To have currency: rumors going around.
To attack, especially with energy.
To approach; undertake: He went at the job with a lot of energy.
To elapse; pass: as time goes by.
To pay a short visit: My parents were away when we went by last week.
To drop below the horizon; set: The sun went down.
To fall to the ground: The helicopter went down in a ball of fire.
To sink: The torpedoed battleship went down.
To experience defeat or ruin.
To be accepted or tolerated: How will your ideas go down as far as corporate marketing is concerned?
To come to be remembered in posterity: a debate that will go down as a turning point in the campaign.
To continue: Life must go on.
To keep on doing (something): Don't go on talking.
To proceed: She went on to become a senator.
To go outdoors; leave one's residence: He went out at seven.
To take part in social life outside the home: goes out a lot.
To admit of easy swallowing: a cough syrup that goes down readily.
To decrease in cost or value.
Chiefly British To leave a university.
Slang To occur; happen: "a collection of memorable pieces about the general craziness that was going down in those days" (James Atlas).
To be accepted or tolerated: How will your ideas go down as far as corporate marketing is concerned?
To come to be remembered in posterity: a debate that will go down as a turning point in the campaign.
To continue: Life must go on.
To keep on doing (something): Don't go on talking.
To proceed: She went on to become a senator.
To go outdoors; leave one's residence: He went out at seven.
To take part in social life outside the home: goes out a lot.
Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio or cunnilingus.
Informal To have a special liking for: I really go for progressive jazz.
To attack: an opponent who is known to go for the jugular in arguments.
To pass for or serve as: a couch that also goes for a bed.
To take part in a cooperative venture: went in with the others to buy a present.
To make an approach, as before an attack: Troops went in at dawn.
To discuss or investigate: The book goes into classical mythology.
To undertake as a profession or course of study: She's going into medicine.
To undergo detonation; explode.
To make a noise; sound: The siren went off at noon.
To leave: Don't go off mad.
Informal To adhere to the expected course of events or the expected plan: The project went off smoothly.
To take place; happen: didn't know what was going on.
To continue: Life must go on.
To keep on doing (something): Don't go on talking.
To proceed: She went on to become a senator.
To go outdoors; leave one's residence: He went out at seven.
To take part in social life outside the home: goes out a lot.
Informal To talk volubly: My, you do go on.
To become extinguished.
To go outdoors; leave one's residence: He went out at seven.
To take part in social life outside the home: goes out a lot.
To become unfashionable: High boots went out last year.
To undergo structural collapse: The bridge went out.
To gain acceptance or approval: a new style that didn't go over.
To examine or review: go over the test scores.
To examine carefully: went through the students' papers.
To experience: We went through hell while working on this project.
To perform: I went through the sonata in 30 minutes.
To suffer defeat or destruction; fail.
To lose consciousness.
To increase in price or value.
To be in the process of construction: Office buildings went up all over town.
Chiefly British To go to a university.
To date (someone) regularly.
To select or choose: decided to go with the pink wallpaper.
Phrasal Verb(s):
go aboutTo set about to do; undertake:
Go about your chores in a responsible way.
go alongTo cooperate:
They get along by going along.
go aroundTo satisfy a demand or requirement: just enough food to go around.
To go here and there; move from place to place.
To have currency: rumors going around.
go atTo attack, especially with energy.
To approach; undertake: He went at the job with a lot of energy.
go byTo elapse; pass: as time goes by.
To pay a short visit: My parents were away when we went by last week.
go downTo drop below the horizon; set: The sun went down.
To fall to the ground: The helicopter went down in a ball of fire.
To sink: The torpedoed battleship went down.
To experience defeat or ruin.
To be accepted or tolerated: How will your ideas go down as far as corporate marketing is concerned?
To come to be remembered in posterity: a debate that will go down as a turning point in the campaign.
To admit of easy swallowing: a cough syrup that goes down readily.
To decrease in cost or value.
Chiefly British To leave a university.
Slang To occur; happen: "a collection of memorable pieces about the general craziness that was going down in those days" (James Atlas).
To be accepted or tolerated: How will your ideas go down as far as corporate marketing is concerned?
To come to be remembered in posterity: a debate that will go down as a turning point in the campaign.
Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio or cunnilingus.
go forInformal To have a special liking for: I really go for progressive jazz.
To attack: an opponent who is known to go for the jugular in arguments.
To pass for or serve as: a couch that also goes for a bed.
go inTo take part in a cooperative venture: went in with the others to buy a present.
To make an approach, as before an attack: Troops went in at dawn.
go intoTo discuss or investigate: The book goes into classical mythology.
To undertake as a profession or course of study: She's going into medicine.
go offTo undergo detonation; explode.
To make a noise; sound: The siren went off at noon.
To leave: Don't go off mad.
Informal To adhere to the expected course of events or the expected plan: The project went off smoothly.
go onTo take place; happen: didn't know what was going on.
To continue: Life must go on.
To keep on doing (something): Don't go on talking.
To proceed: She went on to become a senator.
Informal To talk volubly: My, you do go on.
go outTo become extinguished.
To go outdoors; leave one's residence: He went out at seven.
To take part in social life outside the home: goes out a lot.
To become unfashionable: High boots went out last year.
To undergo structural collapse: The bridge went out.
go overTo gain acceptance or approval: a new style that didn't go over.
To examine or review: go over the test scores.
go throughTo examine carefully: went through the students' papers.
To experience: We went through hell while working on this project.
To perform: I went through the sonata in 30 minutes.
go underTo suffer defeat or destruction; fail.
To lose consciousness.
go upTo increase in price or value.
To be in the process of construction: Office buildings went up all over town.
Chiefly British To go to a university.
go withTo date (someone) regularly.
To select or choose: decided to go with the pink wallpaper.
Idiom(s):
from the word goFrom the very beginning.
Idiom(s):
go all the way
Slang To have sexual intercourse.
Idiom(s):
go back onTo fail to honor or keep:
go back on a promise.Idiom(s):
go beggingTo be in little or no demand:
"Prestige or no prestige, directors' jobs at some companies have actually gone begging" (Bill Powell).Idiom(s):
go belly up Informal To undergo total financial failure:
"A record number of . . . banks went belly up" (New Republic).Idiom(s):
go bust Informal To undergo financial collapse:
"Railroads were in the news mainly when they were going bust" (Christian Science Monitor).Idiom(s):
go by the boardTo be discarded or ignored:
old dress codes that have now gone by the board.Idiom(s):
go down the lineTo provide strong support.
Idiom(s):
go fly a kite Informal To cease being an annoyance. Often used in the imperative.
Idiom(s):
go for broke Informal To commit or expend all of one's available resources toward achievement of a goal:
"Why not go for broke and take on somebody who is quite young and see what he does?" (Roger L. Stevens).Idiom(s):
go for it Informal To expend all one's strength and resources toward achievement of an end or purpose.
Idiom(s):
go in for
To have interest in: goes in for classical music.
To take part in: goes in for water skiing.
Idiom(s):
go in withTo join in or combine with:
He'll go in with them on the plan.Idiom(s):
go it aloneTo undertake a project, trip, or responsibility without the presence or help of others.
Idiom(s):
go off the deep endTo behave hysterically or very recklessly.
Idiom(s):
go one betterTo surpass or outdo by one degree:
He's gone me one better.Idiom(s):
go out forTo seek to become a participant in:
go out for varsity soccer.Idiom(s):
go out of (one's) wayTo inconvenience oneself in doing something beyond what is required.
Idiom(s):
go out the window Informal To become insignificant or inoperative:
"As soon as a third body is introduced to the Newtonian system, all lawful ordering of processes goes out the window" (Fusion).Idiom(s):
go places Informal To be on the way to success:
a young executive who is clearly going places.Idiom(s):
go steadyTo date someone exclusively.
Idiom(s):
go the distanceTo carry a course of action through to completion.
Idiom(s):
go the voleTo risk all of one's resources in the prospect of achieving great gains.
Idiom(s):
go to itTo begin something right away.
Idiom(s):
go to (one's) head
To make one dizzy or inebriated.
To make one proud or conceited.
Idiom(s):
go to pieces
To lose one's self-control.
To suffer the loss of one's health.
Idiom(s):
go to the mat Informal To fight or dispute until one side or another is victorious:
The governor will go to the mat with the legislature over the controversial spending bill.Idiom(s):
go to the wall Informal
To lose a conflict or be defeated; yield: Despite their efforts, the team went to the wall.
To be forced into bankruptcy; fail.
To make an all-out effort, especially in defending another.
Idiom(s):
go to town Informal
To work or perform efficiently and rapidly.
To be highly successful.
Idiom(s):
go up in flames/smokeTo be utterly destroyed.
Idiom(s):
go without sayingTo be self-evident:
It goes without saying that success is the product of hard work.Idiom(s):
on the goConstantly busy or active.
Idiom(s):
to goTo be taken out, as restaurant food or drink:
coffee and doughnuts to go.[Middle English
gon, from Old English
gān; see
ghē- in Indo-European roots.]
Our Living Language : Go has long been used to describe the production of nonlinguistic noises, notably in conversation with children, as in The train went "toot." The cow goes "moo." In recent years, however, many speakers have begun to use go in informal conversation to report speech, as in Then he goes, "You think you're real smart, don't you?" This usage parallels the quotation introducers be all and be like. But unlike these other expressions, which can indicate thoughts or attitudes, the quotational use of go is largely restricted to dialogue related in the narrative present, especially when the narrator wishes to mimic the accent or intonation of the original speaker. See Notes at all, like2.
[goh] 
verb, went, gone, go⋅ing, noun, plural goes, interjection, adjective 
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