verb
Would you go to the market for me?
I wish he would go at once. She went to her country cottage for the weekend
I cannot get the engine to go properly
Where does this door go?
Does this road go to Oxford?
These colours don't go
He went mad when he learnt about the accident
My belt would never go round your waist!
That out-dated computer has to go
Where has all the money gone?
Time goes quickly when you're having fun
I'm afraid the tyres are going. When that last support goes, the roof will come down
By the time the doctor arrived, Graham had gone
And this little pig goes 'Wee, wee, wee', all the way home
How long can we go without water?
The last of our food was gone
We stopped at a motorway filling station because Jane had to go
I don't like the way she goes about her work. How does one go about establishing a business?
She told me I could go ahead with the scheme. The policeman motioned to go ahead
We went at the enemy with all the fire power we could muster
The clouds went away and the sun came out. We are going away for the weekend
She's gone back on our agreement
I don't think that puce and vermilion go together. b See 33 (c), above
go
Statistics show that more than 500 companies go under every week in the USA
In the old days, if you could not afford something, you went without. She cannot go without a cigarette for more than an hour
go along (with)
We asked if we could go along with them to the cinema
Beverly would never go along with a plan like yours
go around or about or round (with)
I wish he'd stop going round telling everyone about me. There's a lot of flu going around
The boy is going around with that Collins girl
He goes about picking through rubbish bins
go back (to)
He went back to his old job after the war. Can we go back to the way things were before we were married
Our friendship goes back to our childhood
go by
We used to watch the goods trains go by. The months went by quickly since our last meeting
You cannot go by what Atherton tells you
go down
The ship went down within minutes of striking the mine
The Nikkei Index went down 200 points
Our forces went down under an onslaught from the attacking armies
That day of infamy will go down in history
His ideas have not gone down well with the council
go for
Please go for help
The rule against smoking goes for you, too, Smedley
I can tell that Peter really goes for Maria. I could go for a pint of beer right now
The dog went for him as soon as he opened the gate
I decided to risk all and go for Drogheda Boy at 100-
go in for
He is going in for a career in boxing
I don't go in for mountain-climbing
go into
I want to go into the subject of your absences with you, Fanshawe
I should avoid going into the subject of money with Pauline if I were you
go off
I saw the lights go off at nine
The bomb is set to go off in an hour. The gun went off, killing the mouse
The conference went off as planned
She went off without another word
After two days the milk goes off
He goes off into gales of laughter whenever I mention your name
go on
He went on coughing all night long. The party went on into the small hours
I have always wondered what went on in there
The lights went on at midnight
She doesn't go on till the third act
He's six going on seven. It's going on eight o'clock
He goes on endlessly about his cars
The detective had very little to go on
go out
The lights went out, throwing the room into Stygian blackness
He went out at six and has not been seen since
Harry is going out with Annabel
go over
I went over your report last night. They are going over everyone's luggage with a fine-tooth comb
The first song went over very well
I've just gone over the entire flat
We keep going over the same things, again and again
go round or US also around
The earth takes a year to go round the sun
Are there enough life jackets to go around
go through
I don't think I could go through another war
The bill went through without a hitch
go up
If inflation goes up, the Chancellor will raise interest rates
The munitions factory went up, showering debris over the whole neighbourhood
go with
That scarf does not go with the dress
I hear that Connie is going with Don
noun
I don't expect much, but I'll have a go anyway
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