go

go ¹  (g)

v. went (wnt), gone (gôn, gn), go·ing, goes (gz)

v.intr.

1. To move or travel; proceed: We will go by bus. Solicitors went from door to door seeking donations. How fast can the boat go?

2. To move away from a place; depart: Go before I cry.

3.

a. To pursue a certain course: messages that go through diplomatic channels to the ambassador.

b. To resort to another, as for aid: went directly to the voters of her district. See Synonyms at resort.

4.

a. To extend between two points or in a certain direction; run: curtains that go from the ceiling to the floor.

b. To give entry; lead: a stairway that goes to the basement.

5. To function properly: The car won't go.

6.

a. To have currency.

b. To pass from one person to another; circulate: Wild rumors were going around the office.

7. To pass as the result of a sale: The gold watch went to the highest bidder.

8. Informal Used as an intensifier when joined by and to a coordinate verb: She went and complained to Personnel.

9. Used in the progressive tense with an infinitive to indicate future intent or expectation: I am going to learn how to dance.

10.

a. To continue to be in a certain condition or continue an activity: go barefoot.

b. To come to be in a certain condition: go mad; hair that had gone gray.

c. To continue to be in effect or operation: a lease with one year to go.

d. To carry out an action to a certain point or extent: Your parents went to great expense to put you through college.

11. To be called; be known: Our friend William often goes by Billy.

12.

a. To be customarily located; belong: The fork goes to the left of the plate. Where do the plates go?

b. To be capable of entering or fitting: Will the suitcase go into the trunk of your car?

13.

a. To pass into someone's possession: All the jewelry went to her heirs.

b. To be allotted: How much of your salary goes for rent?

14. To be a contributing factor: It all goes to show us that the project can be completed on time.

15.

a. To have a particular form: as the saying goes.

b. To be such, by and large: well behaved, as big dogs go.

16.

a. To extend in time: The story goes back to the Middle Ages.

b. To pass by; elapse: The day went pleasantly enough until I received your call.

17.

a. To be used up or finished: My interest in such things has gone.

b. To be discarded or abolished: All luxuries will have to go.

18.

a. To become weak; fail: His hearing has started to go.

b. To give way; break up: The dam is about to go.

19. To cease living; die.

20.

a. To happen or develop; fare: How are things going?

b. To have a successful outcome: creativity that made the advertising campaign really go.

21. To be suitable or appropriate as an accessory or accompaniment: a color that goes beautifully with your complexion.

22.

a. To have authority: Whatever I say goes.

b. To be valid, acceptable, or adequate.

23. Informal To excrete waste from the bladder or bowels.

24. Informal To begin an act: Here goes!

25. Obsolete To walk.

v.tr.

1. To proceed or move according to: I was free to go my own way.

2. To traverse: Only two of the runners went the entire distance.

3. To engage in: went skiing.

4. Informal

a. To bet: go $20 on the black horse.

b. To bid: I'll go $500 on the vase.

5. Informal

a. To take on the responsibility or obligation for: go bail for a client.

b. To participate to (a given extent): Will you go halves with me if we win the lottery?

6. To amount to; weigh: a shark that went 400 pounds.

7. Sports To have as a record: went 3 for 4 against their best pitcher.

8. Informal To enjoy: I could go a cold beer right now.

9. To say or utter. Used chiefly in verbal narration: First I go, "Thank you," then he goes, "What for?"

n. pl. goes

1. The act or an instance of going.

2. An attempt; an effort: had a go at acting.

3. The time or period of an activity.

4. Informal Energy; vitality: had lots of go.

5. Informal

a. The go-ahead.

b. often Go The starting point: "And from Go there was something deliciously illicit about the whole affair" Erica Abeel.

c. Informal A situation in which planned operations can be effectuated: The space mission is a go.

adj.

Informal Functioning correctly and ready for action: All systems are go.

Phrasal Verbs:

go about

To set about to do; undertake: Go about your chores in a responsible way.

go along

To cooperate: They get along by going along.

go around

1. To satisfy a demand or requirement: just enough food to go around.

2. To go here and there; move from place to place.

3. To have currency: rumors going around.

go at

1. To attack, especially with energy.

2. To approach; undertake: He went at the job with a lot of energy.

go by

1. To elapse; pass: as time goes by.

2. To pay a short visit: My parents were away when we went by last week.

go down

1.

a. To drop below the horizon; set: The sun went down.

b. To fall to the ground: The helicopter went down in a ball of fire.

c. To sink: The torpedoed battleship went down.

d. To experience defeat or ruin.

2. To admit of easy swallowing: a cough syrup that goes down readily.

3. To decrease in cost or value.

4. Chiefly British To leave a university.

5. Slang To occur; happen: "a collection of memorable pieces about the general craziness that was going down in those days" James Atlas.

6.

a. To be accepted or tolerated: How will your ideas go down as far as corporate marketing is concerned?

b. To come to be remembered in posterity: a debate that will go down as a turning point in the campaign.

7. Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio or cunnilingus.

go for

1. Informal To have a special liking for: I really go for progressive jazz.

2. To attack: an opponent who is known to go for the jugular in arguments.

3. To pass for or serve as: a couch that also goes for a bed.

go in

1. To take part in a cooperative venture: went in with the others to buy a present.

2. To make an approach, as before an attack: Troops went in at dawn.

go into

1. To discuss or investigate: The book goes into classical mythology.

2. To undertake as a profession or course of study: She's going into medicine.

go off

1. To undergo detonation; explode.

2. To make a noise; sound: The siren went off at noon.

3. To leave: Don't go off mad.

4. Informal To adhere to the expected course of events or the expected plan: The project went off smoothly.

go on

1. To take place; happen: didn't know what was going on.

2.

a. To continue: Life must go on.

b. To keep on doing (something): Don't go on talking.

c. To proceed: She went on to become a senator.

3. Informal To talk volubly: My, you do go on.

go out

1. To become extinguished.

2.

a. To go outdoors; leave one's residence: He went out at seven.

b. To take part in social life outside the home: goes out a lot.

3. To become unfashionable: High boots went out last year.

4. To undergo structural collapse: The bridge went out.

go over

1. To gain acceptance or approval: a new style that didn't go over.

2. To examine or review: go over the test scores.

go through

1. To examine carefully: went through the students' papers.

2. To experience: We went through hell while working on this project.

3. To perform: I went through the sonata in 30 minutes.

go under

1. To suffer defeat or destruction; fail.

2. To lose consciousness.

go up

1. To increase in price or value.

2. To be in the process of construction: Office buildings went up all over town.

3. Chiefly British To go to a university.

go with

1. To date (someone) regularly.

2. To select or choose: decided to go with the pink wallpaper.

Idioms:

from the word go

From the very beginning.

go all the way

Slang To have sexual intercourse.

go back on

To fail to honor or keep: go back on a promise.

go begging

To be in little or no demand: "Prestige or no prestige, directors' jobs at some companies have actually gone begging" Bill Powell.

go belly up Informal

To undergo total financial failure: "A record number of . . . banks went belly up" New Republic.

go bust Informal

To undergo financial collapse: "Railroads were in the news mainly when they were going bust" Christian Science Monitor.

go by the board

To be discarded or ignored: old dress codes that have now gone by the board.

go down the line

To provide strong support.

go fly a kite Informal

To cease being an annoyance. Often used in the imperative.

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.

go for it Informal

To expend all one's strength and resources toward achievement of an end or purpose.

go in for

1. To have interest in: goes in for classical music.

2. To take part in: goes in for water skiing.

go in with

To join in or combine with: He'll go in with them on the plan.

go it alone

To undertake a project, trip, or responsibility without the presence or help of others.

go off the deep end

To behave hysterically or very recklessly.

go one better

To surpass or outdo by one degree: He's gone me one better.

go out for

To seek to become a participant in: go out for varsity soccer.

go out of (one's) way

To inconvenience oneself in doing something beyond what is required.

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.

go places Informal

To be on the way to success: a young executive who is clearly going places.

go steady

To date someone exclusively.

go the distance

To carry a course of action through to completion.

go the vole

To risk all of one's resources in the prospect of achieving great gains.

go to it

To begin something right away.

go to (one's) head

1. To make one dizzy or inebriated.

2. To make one proud or conceited.

go to pieces

1. To lose one's self-control.

2. To suffer the loss of one's health.

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.

go to the wall Informal

1. To lose a conflict or be defeated; yield: Despite their efforts, the team went to the wall.

2. To be forced into bankruptcy; fail.

3. To make an all-out effort, especially in defending another.

go to town Informal

1. To work or perform efficiently and rapidly.

2. To be highly successful.

go up in flames/smoke

To be utterly destroyed.

go without saying

To be self-evident: It goes without saying that success is the product of hard work.

on the go

Constantly busy or active.

to go

To be taken out, as restaurant food or drink: coffee and doughnuts to go.

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[Middle English gon, from Old English gn; see gh- 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.

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go ²  (g)

n.

A Japanese game for two, played with counters on a board that is ruled with 19 vertical and 19 horizontal lines.

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[Japanese, from Middle Chinese g.]

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go

Verb

[going, went, gone]

1. to move or proceed to or from a place: go forward

2. to be in regular attendance at (work, church, or a place of learning)

3. to lead to a particular place: the path that goes right along the bank

4. to be kept in a particular place: where does this go?

5. to do or become as specified: he went white, the gun went bang

6. to be or continue to be in a specified state: to go to sleep

7. to operate or function: the car wouldn't go

8. to follow a specified course; fare: I'd hate the meeting to go badly

9. to be allotted to a particular purpose or recipient: a third of the total budget goes on the army

10. to be sold: the portrait went for a fortune to a telephone bidder

11. (of words or music) to be expressed or sung: the song goes like this

12. to fail or break down: my eyesight is going, he was on lap 19 when the engine went

13. to die: he went quickly at the end

14. to be spent or finished: all tension and all hope had gone

15. to proceed up to or beyond certain limits: I think this is going too far

16. to carry authority: what Daddy says goes

17. to endure or last out: they go for eight or ten hours without resting

18. Not standard to say: then she goes, `shut up'

19. anything goes anything is acceptable

20. be going to to intend or be about to: she was afraid of what was going to happen next

21. let go to relax one's hold on; release

22. let oneself go

a. to act in an uninhibited manner

b. to lose interest in one's appearance

23. to go remaining: two days to go till the holidays

Noun

pl goes

1. an attempt: he had a go at the furniture business

2. a verbal or physical attack: he couldn't resist having another go at me

3. a turn to do something in a game: `Your go now!' I shouted

4. Informal the quality of being active and energetic: a grand old man, full of go and determination

5. from the word go Informal from the very beginning

6. make a go of Informal to be successful in (a business venture or a relationship)

7. on the go Informal active and energetic

See also go about, go against, etc. [Old English gān]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	go - a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" spell, tour, turn duty period, work shift, shift - the time period during which you are at work
	2.	go - street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine cristal, disco biscuit, hug drug, XTC, Adam, X, ecstasy MDMA, methylenedioxymethamphetamine - a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States; "MDMA is often used at parties because it enables partygoers to remain active for long periods of time"
	3.	go - a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl" fling, offer, whirl, crack, pass attempt, effort, try, endeavor, endeavour - earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"
	4.	go - a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters go game board game - a game played on a specially designed board Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
Verb	1.	go - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" locomote, move, travel circulate, go around, spread - become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" carry - cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive carried to the green" ease - move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair" whish - move with a whishing sound; "The car whished past her" float - move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage" swap - move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science seek - go to or towards; "a liquid seeks its own level" whine - move with a whining sound; "The bullets were whining past us" fly - be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying" ride - move like a floating object; "The moon rode high in the night sky" come - cover a certain distance; "She came a long way" ghost - move like a ghost; "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard" betake oneself - displace oneself; go from one location to another overfly, pass over - fly over; "The plane passed over Damascus" travel - undergo transportation as in a vehicle; "We travelled North on Rte. 508" wend - direct one's course or way; "wend your way through the crowds" do - travel or traverse (a distance); "This car does 150 miles per hour"; "We did 6 miles on our hike every day" raft - travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River" get about, get around - move around; move from place to place; "How does she get around without a car?" resort, repair - move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" cruise - travel at a moderate speed; "Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude" journey, travel - travel upon or across; "travel the oceans" come, come up - move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" round - wind around; move along a circular course; "round the bend" trundle - move heavily; "the streetcar trundled down the avenue" push - move strenuously and with effort; "The crowd pushed forward" travel purposefully - travel volitionally and in a certain direction with a certain goal swing - change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back"; "swing forward" rove, stray, roam, vagabond, wander, swan, ramble, range, drift, tramp, cast, roll - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" take the air, walk - take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday" meander, thread, wind, wander, weave - to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" spirt, spurt, forge - move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy crawl, creep - move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" scramble - to move hurriedly; "The friend scrambled after them" slither, slide - to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate" roll, wheel - move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" glide - move smoothly and effortlessly jounce, bounce - move up and down repeatedly breeze - to proceed quickly and easily
	2.	go - follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" proceed, move act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" work - proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top" venture, embark - proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" steamroll, steamroller - proceed with great force; "The new teacher tends to steamroller"
	3.	go - move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon" depart, go away shove along, shove off, blow - leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!" exit, get out, go out, leave - move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country" come, come up - move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"
	4.	go - enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" become, get change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" sober up, sober - become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up" sober, sober up - become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up" work - arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" take effect - go into effect or become effective or operative; "The new law will take effect next month" run - change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot" take - be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk" break - come into being; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air" settle - become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy"
	5.	go - be awarded; be allotted; "The first prize goes to Mary"; "Her money went on clothes"
	6.	go - have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..." run be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	7.	go - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" extend, run, lead, pass be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" come - extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles" ray, radiate - extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions" range, run - change or be different within limits; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull" go deep, go far - extend in importance or range; "His accomplishments go far"
	8.	go - follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" proceed hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" drag on, drag out, drag - proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours" fare, get along, make out, do, come - proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"
	9.	go - be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge" disappear, vanish, go away - get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"
	10.	go - be or continue to be in a certain condition; "The children went hungry that day" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	11.	go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" sound snarl - make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise; "Bullets snarled past us" sing, whistle - make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" cause to be perceived - have perceptible qualities blow - make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew" ting - make a light, metallic sound; go `ting' make noise, noise, resound - emit a noise splat - give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact twang - sound with a twang; "the bowstring was twanging" clang, clangor - make a loud noise; "clanging metal" clank - make a clank; "the train clanked through the village" clangor, clangour - make a loud resonant noise; "the alarm clangored throughout the building" boom out, boom - make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of the song" drum, thrum, beat - make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" rattle - make short successive sounds ticktack, ticktock, tick, beat - make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" resonate, vibrate - sound with resonance; "The sound resonates well in this theater" crash - make a sudden loud sound; "the waves crashed on the shore and kept us awake all night" tweet, twirp - make a weak, chirping sound; "the small bird was tweeting in the tree" skirl - make a shrill, wailing sound; "skirling bagpipes" gurgle - make sounds similar to gurgling water; "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it" glug - make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle; "the wine bottles glugged" blow - sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew" whish - make a sibilant sound guggle - make a sound like a liquid that is being poured from a bottle ping - make a short high-pitched sound; "the bullet pinged when they struck the car" ping, pink, knock - sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded" trump - produce a sound as if from a trumpet squelch - make a sucking sound chug - make a dull, explosive sound; "the engine chugged down the street" ring, peal - sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" bombilate, bombinate, buzz - make a buzzing sound; "bees were buzzing around the hive" chime - emit a sound; "bells and gongs chimed" rustle - make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze" crack, snap - make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped" crack - make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked" beep, claxon, honk, toot, blare - make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared" whistle - make whistling sounds; "He lay there, snoring and whistling" resound, reverberate, ring, echo - ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" thud, thump - make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door" clop, clump, clunk, plunk - make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground patter, pitter-patter - make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering rain" pink, rap, knock, tap - make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" tick, click - make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away" chatter, click - click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" pop - make a sharp explosive noise; "The cork of the champagne bottle popped" chink, tink, tinkle, clink - make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells"
	12.	go - perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" function, operate, work, run double - do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary" roll - begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling" run - be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!" run - be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!" cut - function as a cutting instrument; "This knife cuts well" work - operate in or through; "Work the phones" service, serve - be used by; as of a utility; "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities"; "The garage served to shelter his horses"
	13.	go - to be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest" run low, run short go - be spent; "All my money went for food and rent" end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
	14.	go - progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting" move, run change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
	15.	go - continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" live on, survive, last, live, endure, hold out, hold up live, be - have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" subsist, exist, survive, live - support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" hold water, stand up, hold up - resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water" perennate - survive from season to season, of plants live out - live out one's life; live to the end
	16.	go - pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action; "How is it going?"; "The day went well until I got your call" co-occur with, collocate with, construe with, cooccur with, go with - go or occur together; "The word 'hot' tends to cooccur with 'cold'"
	17.	go - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, pass abort - cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus" change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" buy it, pip out - be killed or die; drown - die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake" predecease - die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband" conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" starve, famish - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" die - suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" succumb, yield - be fatally overwhelmed
	18.	go - be in the right place or situation; "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?" belong be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
	19.	go - be ranked or compare; "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go" compare - be comparable; "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes"
	20.	go - begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!" get going, start come on, go on, come up - start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up" get off the ground, take off - get started or set in motion, used figuratively; "the project took a long time to get off the ground"
	21.	go - have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?" move make a motion, move - propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting bluff, bluff out - deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand stalemate - subject to a stalemate castle - move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king serve - put the ball into play; "It was Agassi's turn to serve" open - make the opening move; "Kasparov opened with a standard opening" cast, draw - choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots" ruff, trump - play a trump maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, operate - perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense check - decline to initiate betting
	22.	go - be contained in; "How many times does 18 go into 54?"
	23.	go - be sounded, played, or expressed; "How does this song go again?"
	24.	go - blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" blend in, blend fit, go - be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle" accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"
	25.	go - lead, extend, or afford access; "This door goes to the basement"; "The road runs South" lead be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
	26.	go - be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle" fit tessellate - fit together exactly, of identical shapes; "triangles tessellate" joint - fit as if by joints; "The boards fit neatly" blend in, blend, go - blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" fit - conform to some shape or size; "How does this shirt fit?"
	27.	go - go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?" rifle search - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"
	28.	go - be spent; "All my money went for food and rent" run low, run short, go - to be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest"
	29.	go - give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates" plump choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
	30.	go - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" break - render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" go down, crash - stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" blow out, burn out, blow - melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" misfire - fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired" malfunction, misfunction - fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned"
Adj.	1.	go - functioning correctly and ready for action; "all systems are go" no-go - not functioning properly or in suitable condition for proceeding; "the space launch was no-go"

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go

verb 1. move, travel, advance, journey, proceed, pass, fare (archaic) set off << OPPOSITE stay

verb 2. leave, withdraw, depart, move out, decamp, slope off, make tracks

verb 3. lead, run, reach, spread, extend, stretch, connect, span, give access

verb 4. elapse, pass, flow, fly by, expire, lapse, slip away

verb 5. be given, be spent, be awarded, be allotted

verb 6. die, perish, pass away, buy it U.S. (slang) expire, check out U.S. (slang) kick it (slang) croak (slang) give up the ghost, snuff it (informal) peg out (informal) kick the bucket (slang) peg it (informal) cark it Austral., N.Z. (slang) pop your clogs (informal)

verb 7. proceed, develop, turn out, work out, fare, fall out, pan out (informal)

verb 8. function, work, run, move, operate, perform << OPPOSITE fail

verb 9. match, blend, correspond, fit, suit, chime, harmonize

verb 10. serve, help, tend

noun 11. attempt, try, effort, bid, shot (informal) crack (informal) essay, stab (informal) whirl (informal) whack (informal)

noun 12. turn, shot (informal) spell, stint

noun 13. (Informal) energy, life, drive, spirit, pep, vitality, vigour, verve, force, get-up-and-go (informal) oomph (informal) brio, vivacity

go about something

1. tackle, begin, approach, undertake, set about

2. engage in, perform, conduct, pursue, practise, ply, carry on with, apply yourself to, busy or occupy yourself with

go along with something

verb agree, follow, cooperate, concur, assent, acquiesce

go at something set about, start, begin, tackle, set to, get down to, wade into, get to work on, make a start on, get cracking on (informal) address yourself to, get weaving on (informal)

go away leave, withdraw, exit, depart, move out, go to hell (informal) decamp, hook it (slang) slope off, pack your bags (informal) make tracks, get on your bike Brit. (slang) bog off Brit. (slang) sling your hook Brit. (slang) rack off Austral., N.Z. (slang)

go back return,

go back on something (often with on) repudiate, break, forsake, retract, renege on, desert, back out of, change your mind about

go by pass, proceed, elapse, flow on, move onward

go by something obey, follow, adopt, observe, comply with, heed, submit to, be guided by, take as guide

go down

1. fall, drop, decline, slump, decrease, fall off, dwindle, lessen, ebb, depreciate, become lower

2. set, sink

3. sink, founder, go under, be submerged

go for someone

1. prefer, like, choose, favour, admire, be attracted to, be fond of, hold with

2. attack, assault, assail, spring upon, rush upon, launch yourself at, set about or upon

3. scold, attack, blast, criticize, flame (informal) put down, tear into (informal) diss (slang), chiefly U.S. impugn, lambast(e)

go in for something (with for) participate in, pursue, take part in, undertake, embrace, practise, engage in

go into something

1. investigate, consider, study, research, discuss, review, examine, pursue, probe, analyse, look into, delve into, work over, scrutinize, inquire into

2. enter, begin, participate in

go off

1. depart, leave, quit, go away, move out, decamp, hook it (slang) slope off, pack your bags (informal) rack off Austral., N.Z. (slang)

2. explode, fire, blow up, detonate

3. sound, ring, toll, chime, peal

4. take place, happen, occur, come off (informal) come about

5. (Informal) go bad, turn, spoil, rot, go stale

go on

1. happen, occur, take place

2. continue, last, stay, proceed, carry on, keep going

3. (often with about) ramble on, carry on, chatter, waffle (informal), chiefly Brit. witter (on) (informal) rabbit on Brit. (informal) prattle, blether, earbash Austral., N.Z. (slang)

go on doing something or go on with something continue, pursue, proceed, carry on, stick to, persist, keep on, keep at, persevere, stick at

go out

1. see someone, court, date (informal), chiefly U.S. woo, go steady (informal) be romantically involved with

verb 2. be extinguished, die out, fade out

go over something

1. examine, study, review, revise, inspect, work over

2. rehearse, read, scan, reiterate, skim over, peruse

go through something

1. suffer, experience, bear, endure, brave, undergo, tolerate, withstand

2. search, look through, rummage through, rifle through, hunt through, fossick through Austral., N.Z. ferret about in

3. examine, check, search, explore, look through, work over

4. use up, exhaust, consume, squander

go through with something carry on, continue, pursue, keep on, persevere

go together

1. harmonize, match, agree, accord, fit, make a pair

2. (Informal) go out, court, date (informal), chiefly U.S. go steady (informal)

go under

1. fail, die, sink, go down, fold (informal) founder, succumb, go bankrupt

2. sink, go down, founder, submerge

go up increase, rise, mount, soar, get higher

go with something match, suit, blend, correspond with, agree with, fit, complement, harmonize

go without something be deprived of, want, lack, be denied, do without, abstain, go short, deny yourself no go impossible, not on (informal) vain, hopeless, futile

Translations

go [gəu] vb [pt went, pp gone]

vi → ir (= travel); viajar (= depart); irse, marcharse (= work); funcionar, marchar (= be sold); venderse; [time] → pasar (= become); ponerse (= break etc); estropearse, romperse (= fit, suit): to go with → hacer juego con

n [pl goes]: to have a go (at) → probar suerte (con);

to be on the go → no parar;

whose go is it? → ¿a quién le toca?;

to go by car/on foot → ir en coche/a pie;

he's going to do it → va a hacerlo;

to go for a walk → ir a dar un paseo;

to go dancing → ir a bailar;

to go looking for sth/sb → ir a buscar algo/a algn;

to make sth go, get sth going → poner algo en marcha;

my voice has gone → he perdido la voz;

the cake is all gone → se acabó la tarta;

the money will go towards our holiday → el dinero es para (ayuda de) nuestras vacaciones;

how did it go? → ¿qué tal salió or resultó?, ¿cómo ha ido?;

the meeting went well → la reunión salió bien;

to go and see sb → ir a ver a algn;

to go to sleep → dormirse;

I'll take whatever is going → acepto lo que haya;

... to go (US) [+ food]; ... para llevar;

to go round the back → pasar por detrás

go about vi [rumour] → propagarse;

(also: go round) (= wander about); andar (de un sitio para otro)

vt fus how do I go about this? → ¿cómo me las arreglo para hacer esto?;

to go about one's business → ocuparse de sus asuntos

go after vt fus (= pursue) → perseguir [+ job, record etc]; andar tras

go against vt fus (= be unfavourable to) [results] → ir en contra de (= be contrary to) [+ principles] → ser contrario a

go ahead vi → seguir adelante

go along vi → ir;

as you go along → sobre la marcha vt fus → bordear

go along with vt fus (= accompany) → acompañar (= agree with) [+ idea] → estar de acuerdo con

go around vi = go round

go away vi → irse, marcharse

go back vi → volver

go back on vt fus [+ promise] → faltar a

go by vi [years, time] → pasar

vt fus → guiarse por

go down vi → bajar; [ship] → hundirse; [sun] → ponerse

vt fus → bajar por;

that should go down well with him → eso le va a gustar;

he's gone down with flu → ha cogido la gripe

go for vt fus (= fetch) → ir por (= like); gustar (= attack); atacar

go in vi → entrar

go in for vt fus [+ competition] → presentarse a

go into vt fus → entrar en (= investigate); investigar (= embark on); dedicarse a

go off vi → irse, marcharse; [food] → pasarse; [lights etc] → apagarse (= explode); estallar; [event] → realizarse

vt fus → perder el interés por;

the party went off well → la fiesta salió bien

go on vi (= continue) → seguir, continuar; [lights] → encenderse (= happen); pasar, ocurrir (= be guided by) (evidence etc) → partir de;

to go on doing sth → seguir haciendo algo;

what's going on here? → ¿qué pasa aquí?

go on at vt fus (= nag) → soltarle el rollo a

go out vi → salir; [fire, light] → apagarse (= ebb) [tide] → bajar, menguar;

to go out with sb → salir con algn

go over vi [ship] → zozobrar

vt fus (= check) → revisar;

to go over sth in one's mind → repasar algo mentalmente

go round vi (= circulate) [news, rumour] → correr (= suffice); alcanzar, bastar (= revolve); girar, dar vueltas (= visit): to go round (to sb's) → pasar a ver (a algn);

to go round (by) (= make a detour) → dar la vuelta (por)

go through vt fus [+ town etc] → atravesar (= search through); revisar (= perform) [+ ceremony] → realizar (= examine) [+ list, book] → repasar

go through with vt fus [+ plan, crime] → llevar a cabo;

I couldn't go through with it → no pude llevarlo a cabo

go together vi → entenderse

go under vi (= sink) [ship, person] → hundirse;

(fig) [business, firm] → quebrar

go up vi → subir;

to go up in flames → estallar en llamas

go without vt fus → pasarse sin

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go [gəu] [went , pt , gone , pp ] [wɛnt, gɔn] vi → aller (= depart); partir, s'en aller (= work); marcher (= break); céder; [time] → passer (= be sold);

to go for £10 → se vendre 10 livres (= become);

to go pale/mouldy → pâlir/moisir n [goes , pl ];

to have a go (at) → essayer (de faire);

to be on the go → être en mouvement;

whose go is it? → à qui est-ce de jouer?;

to go by car/on foot → aller en voiture/à pied;

he's going to do it → il va le faire, il est sur le point de le faire;

to go for a walk → aller se promener;

to go dancing/shopping → aller danser/faire les courses;

to go looking for sb/sth → aller or partir à la recherche de qn/qch;

to go to sleep → s'endormir;

to go and see sb, go to see sb → aller voir qn;

how is it going? → comment ça marche?;

how did it go? → comment est-ce que ça s'est passé?;

to go round the back/by the shop → passer par derrière/devant le magasin;

my voice has gone → j'ai une extinction de voix;

the cake is all gone → il n'y a plus de gâteau;

I'll take whatever is going (Brit) → je prendrai ce qu'il y a (or ce que vous avez);

... to go (US) [food] → ... à emporter

go about vi (also: go around) → aller çà et là; [rumour] → se répandre

vt fus how do I go about this? → comment dois-je m'y prendre (pour faire ceci)?;

to go about one's business → s'occuper de ses affaires

go after vt fus (= pursue) → poursuivre, courir après [+ job, record etc]; essayer d'obtenir

go against vt fus (= be unfavourable to) → être défavorable à (= be contrary to); être contraire à

go ahead vi (= make progress) → avancer (= take place); avoir lieu (= get going); y aller

go along vi → aller, avancer

vt fus → longer, parcourir;

as you go along (with your work) → au fur et à mesure (de votre travail);

to go along with (= accompany) → accompagner (= agree with) [+ idea] → être d'accord sur: [+ person]; suivre

go away vi → partir, s'en aller

go back vi → rentrer; revenir (= go again); retourner

go back on vt fus [+ promise] → revenir sur

go by vi [years, time] → passer, s'écouler

vt fus → s'en tenir à (= believe); en croire

go down vi → descendre; [number, price, amount] → baisser; [ship] → couler; [sun] → se coucher

vt fus → descendre;

that should go down well with him (fig) → ça devrait lui plaire

go for vt fus (= fetch) → aller chercher (= like); aimer (= attack); s'en prendre à; attaquer

go in vi → entrer

go in for vt fus [+ competition] → se présenter à (= like); aimer

go into vt fus → entrer dans (= investigate); étudier, examiner (= embark on); se lancer dans

go off vi → partir, s'en aller; [food] → se gâter; [milk] → tourner; [bomb] → sauter; [alarm clock] → sonner; [alarm] → se déclencher; [lights etc] → s'éteindre; [event] → se dérouler

vt fus → ne plus aimer, ne plus avoir envie de;

the gun went off → le coup est parti;

to go off to sleep → s'endormir;

the party went off well → la fête s'est bien passée or était très réussie

go on vi → continuer (= happen); se passer; [lights] → s'allumer

vt fus (= be guided by) [+ evidence etc] → se fonder sur;

to go on doing → continuer à faire;

what's going on here? → qu'est-ce qui se passe ici?

go on at vt fus (= nag) → tomber sur le dos de

go on with <