go
go
goƊ
gow
/ɡəʊ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "go"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to travel or move from one location to another
Intransitive: to go somewhere
to go definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They have to go to New York for a crucial meeting with clients.
āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻ­āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāω āχāϝāĻŧāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
1.1

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāϏāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stretch out, lead, or extend toward a specific direction or place
Intransitive: to go somewhere | to go to a direction | to go some distance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The property line goes right up to the edge of the neighboring field.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϰ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
1.2

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to move over a particular distance
Intransitive: to go some distance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hikers went several miles before reaching the summit of the mountain.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻžāϰ⧋āĻšā§€āϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāχāϞ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.3

āϝāĻžāĻ“, āϚāϞāĻž

to move or travel in order to do something specific
Intransitive
to go definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He needs to go pick up his sister from the airport.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§‹āύāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
1.4

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to attend or visit somewhere with a specific purpose in mind
Intransitive: to go somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They decided to go to the theater this Sunday.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāχ āϰāĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĨāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
1.5

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to view a specific page or website
Linking Verb: to go to a website or section of book | to go on a platform
to go definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
If you're interested in the recipe, go to page 56 in the cookbook.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϰ⧇āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€ āĻšāύ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ 56 āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻžāύāĨ¤
1.6

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be passed or sent to a particular person or place
Transitive: to go to a person or destination
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The email went to every employee in the company.
āχāĻŽā§‡āϞāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāϚāĻžāϰ⧀āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋, āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of a device or machine) to work as expected
Intransitive
to go definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The car would n't start, and I could n't get it to go, no matter what I tried.
āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāĻž āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϕ⧇āύāĨ¤
2.1

āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to lose functionality, strength, or effectiveness, often due to prolonged use or age
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The engine in the lawnmower went, and now it wo n't start.
āϞāύāĻŽā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤
2.2

āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to contribute evidence, support, or confirmation to a statement or idea
Transitive: to go to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The positive feedback from participants goes to reinforce the effectiveness of the program. "
āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
03

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to leave or depart from somewhere
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They decided to go after the last song of the concert.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
3.1

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to leave somewhere in order to do a specific thing
Intransitive: to go on sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
My parents have gone on a trip to visit my grandparents in another state.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻž-āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§€āϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāϪ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
3.2

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of time) to pass
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Half an hour went past while we were engrossed in the conversation.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ⧇ āĻŽāĻ—ā§āύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϧāϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
3.3

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to leave an organization or a job
Intransitive
to go definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite the challenges, he chose to go and explore opportunities in a different industry.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āĻ…āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to end or stop existing
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Did the feeling of unease go after you talked to him?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇?
4.1

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to no longer be alive
Intransitive
to go definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After a long illness, she peacefully went in her sleep.
āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
4.2

āĻ…āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be stolen or lost
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The wallet was on the table, but it 's gone now; someone must have taken it.
āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇; āϕ⧇āω āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
05

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of money) to be spent or used for something
Intransitive: to go | to go on an expense | to go to a purpose
Transitive: to go to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Nearly all of my salary goes on the rent, leaving little for other expenses.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻŦ⧇āϤāύ āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ–āϰāĻšā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
5.1

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to offer to pay or accept a specific amount of money for something
Intransitive: to go to an amount of money | to go as ... as an amount of money
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the auction, I 'll go as high as $ 100, but not over that amount for the rare collectible.
āύāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ 100 āĻĄāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϝāĻžāĻŦ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏ⧇āχ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϞ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
06

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to have a proper or usual place
Intransitive: to go somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dishes typically go on the bottom shelf of the kitchen cabinet.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāύ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϰ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
6.1

āĻĢāĻŋāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to fit into a specific place or space because there is enough room
Intransitive: to go somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chair does n't go under the table; it's too tall.
āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž; āĻāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĨ¤
07

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(dummy verb) to perform an action that is specified by a noun
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the festival, people from all around town come to go dancing in the streets.
āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻļāĻšāϰ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāϚāϤ⧇ āφāϏ⧇āĨ¤
7.1

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to progress in a particular way
Intransitive: to go in a specific manner
to go definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The negotiations are going positively, and an agreement is within reach.
7.2

āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to change into a specific state, particularly one that is not desirable
Linking Verb: to go [adj]
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the argument escalated, his face started to go red with anger.
āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞ, āϤāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ– āϰāĻžāϗ⧇ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
08

āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to produce a specific sound
Intransitive
Transitive: to go a specific sound
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bell went, marking the end of the school day, and students rushed to pack their bags.
āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϜāϞ, āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
8.1

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a certain sound as a warning or signal
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The referee 's whistle went, bringing an end to the intense soccer match.
āϰ⧇āĻĢāĻžāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻļāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϜāϞ, āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻŦāϞ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ āϘāϟāĻžāϞāĨ¤
09

āĻŦāϞāĻž, āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of a song, poem, verse, etc.) to consist of a specific content or wording
Intransitive: to go in a specific manner
Transitive: to go that
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I 've got the first part of the poem memorized, but I forget how the next stanza goes.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
9.1

āĻŦāϞāĻž, āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž

to say, especially used when one is orally narrating something
Transitive: to go a quote
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Confused about the instructions, I go, " Could you explain that again? "
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻŋ: "āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?"
10

āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to start doing something
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chef ensured all the ingredients were prepped, and now we 're ready to go with cooking the meal.
āĻļ⧇āĻĢ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āωāĻĒāĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĨ¤
10.1

āϖ⧇āϞāĻž, āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to use one's turn in a game
Intransitive
to go definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It's your turn to go in the chess game; make your move.
11

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϟāϝāĻŧāϞ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to use a toilet, especially to discharge waste from one's body
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Excuse me, I 'll be right back — I have to go.
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύāχ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻ›āĻŋ—āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
12

āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to discard or remove something or someone, often because it is no longer needed or wanted
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Unused items in the garage will have to go to make space for the new tools.
āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāϰ⧇āĻœā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϏāϰāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
13

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϝ

to able to be obtained or used
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Are there any tickets going for the concert this weekend?
āĻāχ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϟ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇?
14

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to travel or move in a specific manner or direction
Intransitive: to go in a specific manner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was going in the wrong direction and had to turn around.
āϏ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
15

āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of a sense or mental ability) to become weaker over time, often due to age or other factors
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the accident, his sense of balance started to go, affecting his coordination.
āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
16

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to complement each other when combined or placed together, especially in terms of colors, styles, or elements
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The contrasting textures of the fabric and the leather go surprisingly well.
āĻĢā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϚāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϚāĻžāϰ āφāĻļā§āϚāĻ°ā§āϝāϜāύāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻŽā§‡āϞ⧇āĨ¤
17

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to perform a specific movement, often with a part of the body
Intransitive: to go in a specific manner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She went like this with her shoulders.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāρāϧ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
18

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be sold or offered for sale
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We've set a minimum price, and the car wo n't go for less than $10,000.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¨ā§āϝ⧂āύāϤāĻŽ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ $10,000 āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤
19

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(with reference to contests, elections, decisions, etc.) to result in a certain way
Intransitive: to go in a specific manner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The vote went overwhelmingly in support of the new policy.
āĻ­ā§‹āϟ āϗ⧇āϞ āύāϤ⧁āύ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧇āĨ¤
20

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to be or live in a particular state or condition
Linking Verb: to go [adj]
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In times of crisis, communities often come together to ensure no one goes hungry.
āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāχ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝ⧇ āϕ⧇āωāχ āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āϧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤
21

āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋, āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to spend a specific duration of time in a particular manner or condition
Transitive: to go doing sth sometime
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We went through the entire weekend organizing the garage.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāϰ⧇āϜ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
22

āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϧāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to break or collapse under pressure or force
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The pressure on the dam is increasing, raising concerns that it might go if not reinforced soon.
āĻŦāĻžāρāϧ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϛ⧇, āĻāχ āφāĻļāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āϰāχ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āύāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
23

āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to actively involve oneself in something
Transitive: to go doing sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She went sharing the exciting news with her friends.
āϏ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ–āĻŦāϰāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻļ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
24

āĻ“āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ“āϜāύ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to have a specific weight
Linking Verb: to go a specific weight
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The watermelon goes 15 pounds; it's a hefty one!
āϤāϰāĻŽā§āϜ āĻ“āϜāύ 15 āĻĒāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ; āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀!
25

āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āϧāϰāĻž, āϜ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻž āϖ⧇āϞāĻž

to place a bet or wager on a particular outcome
Transitive: to go an amount of money on sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The group decided to go $ 5 each on the office pool for the Super Bowl.
āĻ—ā§āϰ⧁āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏ āĻĒ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āϕ⧇ 5 āĻĄāϞāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
26

āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to endure a challenging or unpleasant situation
Transitive: to go an unpleasant situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He could n't go the stress of the demanding job and decided to resign.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϚāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
27

āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to be able to afford something
Transitive: to go an expense
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The family struggled to go the cost of the medical treatment without insurance.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§€āĻŽāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻžāϰ āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
28

āϚāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to desire or enjoy a particular item or activity
Transitive: to go sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It 's a hot day; I could go an ice cream cone right now.
āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāύ; āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āύāχ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāχāϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽ āϕ⧋āύ āϚāĻžāχāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
29

āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to participate in outdoor activities
Transitive: to go doing sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let's go swimming in the lake later today.
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a two-player board game where counters are placed on a grid to surround and capture the opponent's pieces

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a try at something

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He took a quick go at fixing the leaky tap.
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a player's turn to act in a game or activity

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functioning properly and ready for use

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