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View synonyms for go for
go for
verb
- to go somewhere in order to have or fetch
shall I go for a doctor?
he went for a drink
- to seek to obtain
I'd go for that job if I were you
- to apply to
what I told him goes for you too
- to prefer or choose; like
I really go for that new idea of yours
- to be to the advantage of
you'll have great things going for you in the New Year
- to make a physical or verbal attack on
- to be considered to be of a stated importance or value
his twenty years went for nothing when he was made redundant
- go for it informal.go for it to make the maximum effort to achieve a particular goal
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This go-for-broke style earned Miller more DNFs than finishes in his World Cup circuit debut.
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