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intransitive verb1: to move on a course : proceed <go slow> <went by train>
— compare stop2: to move out of or away from a place expressed or implied : leave
, depart <went from school to the party> <going away for vacation>3 a: to take a certain course or follow a certain procedure <reports go through channels to the president> b: to pass by means of a process like journeying <the message went by wire> c: to proceed without delay and often in a thoughtless or reckless manner —used especially to intensify a complementary verb <why did you go and spoil it><go jump in a lake> d
(1): to extend from point to point or in a certain direction <the road goes to the lake>
(2): to give access : lead <that door goes to the cellar>4obsolete : walk5: to be habitually in a certain state or condition <go bareheaded>6 a: to become lost, consumed, or spent <our time has gone> b: die c: to slip away : elapse <the evening went quickly> d: to come to be given up or discarded <these slums have to go> e: to pass by sale <went for a good price> f: to become impaired or weakened <his hearing started to go> g: to give way especially under great force or pressure : break <the roof went>7 a: to move along in a specified manner : fare <everything was going well> b: to be in general or on an average <cheap, as yachts go> c: to be or become especially as the result of a contest <the election went in her favor> d: to turn out well : succeed <worked hard to make the party go>8 a: to apply oneself <went to work on the problem> b: to put or subject oneself <went to unnecessary expense> cchiefly Southern & Midland : intend <I didn't go to do it>9: to have recourse to another for corroboration, vindication, or decision : resort <go to court to recover damages>10 a: to begin an action or motion <here goes> b: to maintain or perform a certain action or motion <still going strong> c: to function in the proper or expected manner : run <the motor won't go>11: to be known <goes by an alias>12 a: to act in accordance or harmony <a good rule to go by> b: to come to be determined <dreams go by contraries> c: to come to be applied or appropriated <all proceeds go to charity> d: to pass by award, assignment, or lot <the prize went to a sophomore> e
(1): to contribute to an end or result <qualities that go to make a hero>
(2): to be of advantage <has a lot going for her>13: to be about, intending, or expecting something —used in a progressive tense before an infinitive <is going to leave town>14 a: extend <his knowledge fails to go very deep> b: to come or arrive at a certain state or condition <go to sleep> c: to come to be : become <the tire went flat> —often used to express conversion to specified values or a specified state <gone Hollywood><go condo> d: to undergo a change <leaves go from green to red>15 a: to be in phrasing or expression : read <as the story goes> b: to be capable of being sung or played <the tune goes like this>16: to be compatible, suitable, or becoming : harmonize <the tie goes with his suit>17 a: to be capable of passing, extending, or being contained or inserted <will these clothes go in your suitcase> b: to have a usual or proper place or position : belong <these books go on the top shelf>18: to have a tendency : conduce <it goes to show>19 a
(1): to carry authority <what she said went>
(2): to be acceptable, satisfactory, or adequate <anything goes here> b: to hold true : be valid <the rule goes for you, too>20: to empty the bladder or bowelstransitive verb1: to proceed along or according to : follow <if I were going his way> <went the conventional route>2: to travel through or along : traverse <went the length of the street>3 a: to make a wager of : bet <go a dollar on the outcome> b: to make an offer of : bid <willing to go $50 for the clock>4 a: to assume the function or obligation of <promised to go bail for his friend> b: to participate to the extent of <decided to go halves on the winnings>5: yield
, weigh <this fish goes ten pounds>6 a: to put up with : tolerate <couldn't go the noise> b: afford <can't go the price> c: enjoy <I could go a soda>7 a: to cause (a characteristic sound) to occur <the gun went bang> b: say —used chiefly in oral narration of speech8: to engage in <don't go telling everyone>9of a sports team or player : to have a record of <went 11-0 last season>
— go·er
\ˈgō-ər\
noun
— go about
: to set about
— go after
: to try to get : seek
— go all the way
1: to enter into complete agreement2: to engage in sexual intercourse
— go at
— go begging
: to be in little demand
— go by the board
1: to be carried over a ship's side2: to be discarded
— go easy
: to be sparing <go easy with the sugar> <go easy on the kid>
— go fly a kite
: to stop being an annoyance or disturbance <told him to go fly a kite>
— go for
— go for broke
: to put forth all one's strength or resources
— go great guns
: to achieve great success
— go hang
: to cease to be of interest or concern
— go into
: to be contained in <5 goes into 60 12 times>
— go it
1: to behave in a reckless, excited, or impromptu manner2: to proceed in a rapid or furious manner3: to conduct one's affairs : act <insists on going it alone>
— go missing
chiefly British : to become lost : disappear
— go places
: to be on the way to success
— go public
: to make a public disclosure
— go steady
: to date one person exclusively and frequently
— go through
1: to subject to thorough examination, consideration, or study2: experience
, undergo <had to go through quite an ordeal>3: carry out
, perform <went through his work in a daze>
— go to bed with
: to have sexual intercourse with
— go to one's head
1: to cause one to become confused, excited, or dizzy2: to cause one to become conceited or overconfident
— go to pieces
: to become shattered (as in nerves or health)
— go to the mat
: to make an all-out combative effort (as in support of a position)
— go to town
1: to work or act rapidly or efficiently2: to be markedly successful3: to indulge oneself excessively
— go without saying
: to be self-evident
— go with the flow
: conform 2b
— to go
1: still remaining <ten minutes to go>2of prepared food : sold for consumption off the premises
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