go

/ɡoʊ/

noun 8verb 5name 3adj 1

Collocations

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1

(verb.) happen

ADV

smoothly, well

The job interview went well and I felt confident about my chances.

badly

2

(verb.) pass

ADV

quickly, slowly

The morning went slowly because we were stuck in traffic for hours.

by

Time goes by so quickly when you're having fun with friends.

3

(verb.) look/taste good with sth

ADV

well

together

My best friend and I have gone everywhere together since we were children.

PREP

with

This color goes perfectly with the blue walls in my bedroom.

PHRASAL VERBS go down

ADV

badly, well

PREP

with

Her new recipe went down well with the dinner guests last night.

go on

ADV

endlessly

PREP

about

My sister always goes on about how much she loves her new job.

at

My sister keeps going at me about cleaning my room every single day.

with

My brother decided to go with me to the concert last weekend.

PHRASES

go on and on

His complaints about the weather went on and on during the entire dinner party.

Definitions

name

1

Abbreviation of Gorontalo: a province of Indonesia.

2

Abbreviation of Goiás: a state of Brazil.

noun

1

Initialism of graphene oxide.

verb

1

To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:

Why don’t you go with us?

This train goes through Cincinnati on its way to Chicago.

2

To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:

Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.

Fans want to see the Twelfth Doctor go to the 51st century to visit River in the library.

3

To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:

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4

To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:

We've only gone twenty miles today.

This car can go circles around that one.

5

To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:

We went swimming.

Let's go shopping.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a usually brief attempt

noun — street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

noun — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved

verb — enter or assume a certain state or condition

verb — follow a certain course

proceed

verb — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and f

verb — stop operating or functioning

verb — progress by being changed

verb — give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group o

plump

verb — have a turn

move

verb — go through in search of something

rifle

verb — perform as expected when applied

verb — change location

travel
move
locomote

verb — move away from a place into another direction

depart

verb — begin or set in motion

start

verb — make a certain noise or sound

sound

verb — follow a procedure or take a course

verb — continue to live and avoid dying

verb — be the right size or shape

fit

verb — stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope

verb — lead, extend, or afford access

lead

verb — blend or harmonize

blend

verb — have a particular form

run

verb — be in the right place or situation

belong

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

go Dutch

To pay for one's own food and bills, or split the cost, when eating at a restaurant or going out for entertainment.

GOING DUTCH Some girls are quite willing to pay part of the expenses on special dates. When something is planned which is beyond the boy's means. . . .

let's go

Hortative of go, particularly as a cheer expressing encouragement.

Let's go to the beach next Saturday.

go down on

To perform oral sex on (someone).

An older version of me / Is she perverted like me? / Would she go down on you in a theater?

go batshit

To become completely irrational; to react in an irrationally extreme manner.

When I told him about the latest numbers, he went batshit.

go in one ear and out the other

To be heard but not attended to, when a person fails to pay attention.

He told me whom he saw, but it went in one ear and out the other.

Example Bank

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01

Why don’t you go with us?

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02

This train goes through Cincinnati on its way to Chicago.

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03

Chris, where are you going?

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04

The Apostles were to be the first of a line. They would multiply successors, and the successors would die and their successors after them, but the line would never fail; and the come and go of men wou

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05

They talk easily together and they hear the come and go of the breeze in the soon to be turning burnt leaves of the high trees.

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06

You’ve been on that pinball machine long enough—now let your brother have a go.

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