go

1. to walk, travel, move etc. He is going across the field; Go straight ahead; When did he go out?

2. to be sent, passed on etc. Complaints have to go through the proper channels.

3. to be given, sold etc. The prize goes to John Smith; The table went for $100.

4. to lead to. Where does this road go?

5. to visit, to attend. He goes to school every day; I decided not to go to the movie.

6. to be destroyed etc. This wall will have to go.

7. to proceed, be done. The meeting went very well.

8. to move away. I think it is time you were going.

10. to do (some action or activity). I'm going for a walk; I'm going hiking next week-end.

11. to fail etc. I think the clutch on this car has gone.

12. to be working etc. I don't think that clock is going.

13. to become. These apples have gone bad.

14. to be. Many people in the world regularly go hungry.

15. to be put. Spoons go in that drawer.

16. to pass. Time goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself.

17. to be used. All her pocket-money goes on sweets.

18. to be acceptable etc. Anything goes in this office.

19. to make a particular noise. Dogs go woof, not miaow.

20. to have a particular tune etc. How does that song go?

21. to become successful etc. She always makes a party go.

1. an attempt. I'm not sure how to do it, but I'll have a go.

2. energy. She's full of go.

1. an act of leaving, moving away etc. the comings and goings of the people in the street.

2. the conditions under which something is done. Walking was heavy going because of all the mud.

1. successful. That shop is still a going concern.

2. in existence at present. the going rate for typing manuscripts.

successful and progressive. His firm is very go-ahead.

permission. We'll start as soon as we get the go-ahead.

a person with a great deal of energy, ability etc who gets what he wants.

a study or examination. He gave the accounts a thorough going-over.

(usually strange) happenings or behaviour.

(of a district etc) which a person etc is not allowed to enter. a no-go area.

very busy. It's all go in this office today.

to be near or close to (a time, age etc). He must be going on (for) eighty.

to be successful, healthy etc. Our business/grandfather is still going strong.

from the very beginning.

to get started. If you want to finish that job you'd better get going.

to ignore in an unfriendly way. I think we'll give all his stupid suggestions the go-by.

1. to (begin to) work at. I don't know the best way to go about the job!

2. (of a ship) to change direction or turn around.

1. to try to win. He's going after that prize.

2. to follow or chase. Go after him and apologize.

1. to oppose or refuse to act on. A child should never go against his parents' wishes.

2. to be unacceptable to. This goes against my conscience.

1. to go. I think I'll go along to that meeting.

2. to proceed or progress. Check your work as you go along.

to agree with. I'm afraid I can't go along with you on that.

(of stories, rumours etc) to be passed from one person to another. There's a rumour going around that you are leaving.

to be friendly with. I don't like the group of friends you're going around with.

1. to attack. The little boys went at each other with their fists.

2. to do with enthusiasm. He really went at the job of painting the wall.

to return to an earlier time, topic of conversation etc. Let's go back for a minute to what we were talking about earlier.

to fail to do (something one has promised to do). I never go back on my promises.

1. to base an opinion on. We can't go by what he says.

2. to be guided by. I always go by the instructions.

1. (with well/badly) to be approved or disapproved of. The story went down well (with them).

2. (of a ship) to sink. They were lost at sea when the ship went down.

3. (of the sun or moon) to go below the horizon.

4. to be remembered. Your bravery will go down in history.

5. (of places) to become less desirable. This part of town has gone down in the last twenty years.

to be successful. If you keep on working as hard as this, I'm sure you'll go far.

to attack physically or in words. The two dogs went for each other as soon as they met.

(of the sun or moon) to become covered by cloud.

1. to take part in. I'm not going in for the 1,000 metres race.

2. to do (something) as a hobby, career etc. My son is going in for medicine; She goes in for collecting postcards.

1. to make a careful study of (something). We'll need to go into this plan in detail.

2. to discuss in detail. I don't want to go into the problems at the moment.

1. (of a bomb etc) to explode. The little boy was injured when the firework went off in his hand.

2. (of an alarm) to ring. When the alarm went off the thieves ran away.

4. to begin to dislike. I've gone off cigarettes.

5. to become rotten. That meat has gone off.

6. to stop working. The fan has gone off.

2. to talk a great deal, usually too much. She goes on and on about her health.

3. to happen. What is going on here?

4. to base one's investigations etc on. The police had very few clues to go on in their search for the murderer.

to nag at. Her mother went on at her for coming home late after the dance.

1. to become extinguished. The light has gone out.

2. to go to parties, concerts, meetings etc. We don't go out as much as we did when we were younger.

3. to be frequently in the company of (a person, usually of the opposite sex). I've been going out with her for months.

1. to study or examine carefully. I want to go over the work you have done before you do any more.

2. to repeat (a story etc). I'll go over the whole lesson again.

3. to list. He went over all her faults.

4. (of plays, behaviour etc) to be received (well or badly). The play didn't go over at all well the first night.

to be enough for everyone. Is there enough food to go round?

(of workers in a factory etc) to work less quickly than usual, eg as a form of protest.

to have a close friendly relationship with someone of the opposite sex. My girl-friend and I have been going steady for a year.

1. to search in. I've gone through all my pockets but I still can't find my key.

2. to suffer. You have no idea what I went through to get this finished in time.

3. to use up. We went through a lot of money on holiday.

4. to complete. to go through certain formalities.

5. to be completed. After long hours of negotiations, the deal went through.

to finish doing. I will go through with this in spite of what you say.

to do something which is so bad as to be unacceptable.

to help to buy etc. The money we collect will go towards a new roof.

1. to increase in size, value etc. The temperature/price has gone up.

2. to be built. There are office blocks going up all over town.

to catch fire; to be destroyed or damaged by fire etc. The building across the street went up in flames.

1. to be sold with, be part of etc. The carpets will go with the house.

2. to look etc well with. The carpet goes with the wallpaper.

to manage without. If you can't afford a new dress, you'll have to go without (one).

to continue doing what one is doing; to survive. The snow was falling heavily, but we had to keep going; Business is bad at the moment, but we'll manage to keep going.

to make a success (of something). He has never owned a shop before, but I think he'll make a go of it.

very busy or active. He's always on the go, from morning to night.

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