1MOVE/TRAVEL [intransitive always + adv./prep.] to travel or move in a particular way, to a particular place, or for a particular distance: ⇒ Where are you going?go to⇒ We’re going to my parents’ for Christmas.go into/over/around etc.⇒ He went into his office.⇒ The ball went over the wall.go by/past⇒ Several cars went by very quickly.⇒ I want to go home.⇒ He went a few yards then stopped.go by car/bus/plane etc.⇒ He went by taxi to the airport.THESAURUScome – to move toward the person who is speaking or arrive at the place where he or she is: ⇒ Grandma is coming to stay with us for a week.move – to go from one place or position to another. Move can also mean to go to a new place to live: ⇒ Jack moved closer to her on the couch.⇒ We’re moving to Austin, Texas in March.travel – to go from one place to another, especially over long distances: ⇒ We traveled by train all over Europe.head – to go in a particular direction or toward a particular place: ⇒ When I saw them, they were headed downtown.make your way – to go somewhere slowly or with difficulty: ⇒ The hikers slowly made their way through the snow.cross – to go from one side of something to another: ⇒ They found a narrow spot to cross the river.proceed formal – to go in a particular direction. Used in formal and official announcements: ⇒ Passengers flying to Miami should proceed to Gate 26.2LEAVE SOMEWHERE [intransitive] to leave the place where the speaker is in order to move to somewhere else SYN leave: ⇒ I wanted to go, but Anna wanted to stay.⇒ Come on, Joe, it’s time to go.⇒ It’s late – I should be going.► see thesaurus at leave13a)VISIT (past participle gone also been) [intransitive] to visit a place and then leave it: ⇒ Barcelona is beautiful – you should go there.⇒ Nancy has gone to Paris (=she is in Paris now).⇒ Luke has been to Moscow a few times (=he has visited Moscow in the past).go to⇒ Are you going to the museum this weekend?go (to) see/visit⇒ I’ll go visit Barbara when I’m in Los Angeles. b)go to the doctor/dentist/hospital etc. to visit a doctor, dentist, etc. for medical treatment: ⇒ You should go to the doctor if you still feel sick.► see thesaurus at visit14ATTEND [intransitive] to attend something such as a party, a concert, or a school: ⇒ There’s a party tonight – do you want to go?go to⇒ I used to go to concerts a lot.go to school/college/church etc.⇒ She’s not old enough to go to school.5be going to do something a)to intend to do something: ⇒ I’m going to tell him what you said. b)to be certain or expected to happen in the future: ⇒ It looks like it’s going to rain. → see also gonna → see Word Choice at will16go shopping/swimming/fishing etc. to go somewhere in order to shop, swim, etc.: ⇒ Let’s go jogging tomorrow.7go for a walk/swim etc. to spend time walking, swimming, etc.: ⇒ Do you want to go for a walk along the river?8go to jail/prison to be sent to jail or prison as punishment: ⇒ He went to prison for murder.9LEAD SOMEWHERE [intransitive always + adv./prep., not in progressive] if a road or path goes somewhere, it passes in that direction or leads to that place: go to/up/along etc.⇒ Does this road go to the station?⇒ A path goes through the middle of the forest.10REACH [intransitive always + adv./prep., not in progressive] to reach as far as a particular place: ⇒ The pond doesn’t go very deep.go to/from/down etc.⇒ This belt won’t go around my waist.⇒ The trees go right up to the beach.► see thesaurus at reach111BELONG/FIT [intransitive always + adv./prep., not in progressive] to belong or fit in a particular place or position: ⇒ Where do these plates go?go in/under/on etc.⇒ The sofa can go against the wall.⇒ I don’t think all of this will go in the trunk.12BE SENT [intransitive] to be sent or passed on: go to⇒ The email went to everyone in the company.go by/through etc.⇒ The package was late because it had to go through customs.13BECOME [linking verb] to become something different, especially something not as good, either naturally or by changing deliberately: go bald/deaf/blind etc. (=lose your hair, hearing, sight, etc.)⇒ My dad’s going deaf – he asks us to repeat everything.go red/white/brown etc.⇒ He went red with embarrassment.go wild/crazy⇒ The crowd went wild.go sour/bad⇒ The milk had gone sour.⇒ The company went bankrupt last year.► see thesaurus at become14BE IN A PARTICULAR STATE [linking verb] to be or remain in a particular state, especially a bad one: ⇒ The mother bird will often go hungry to keep her babies alive (=have nothing to eat).go unheard/unanswered/unnoticed etc.⇒ Unfortunately, his cries for help went unheard.go barefoot/naked⇒ He usually goes barefoot around the house.15HAPPEN [intransitive always + adv./prep.] to happen or develop in a particular way: ⇒ How are your driving lessons going?go well/fine/smoothly etc.⇒ The party went well.⇒ Everything seems to go wrong for her.⇒ Most of us are satisfied with the way things are going with the project.16SONG/STORY [intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive not in progressive] to be said or sung in a particular way: ⇒ I don’t exactly remember how the song goes.the story/argument etc. goes that⇒ The story goes that he was poisoned by his wife.17BE SPENT [intransitive] if money or time or another supply goes, it is spent or used up: ⇒ I don’t know where all my money goes!⇒ The food went really quickly.⇒ Katherine is three already – the time goes so fast.go on/for⇒ Half her salary goes on rent.go toward⇒ The money will go toward a new clinic.18MAKE A SOUND [transitive] to make a particular sound: ⇒ Cats go “meow.”19GET RID OF [intransitive] if someone or something goes, you get rid of him or her: ⇒ Two hundred jobs will go at the factory.⇒ This ugly old couch has to go.⇒ “Do you want to keep these papers?” “No, they can go.”20go running/laughing/crashing etc. to move in a particular way, or to do something as you are moving: ⇒ John went rushing down the hall.⇒ The ball went flying over my head.21to go a)still remaining before something happens: ⇒ We have only two weeks to go before our trip to Hawaii! b)still to be dealt with before you have finished what you are doing: ⇒ I have ten more pages to go until I’m finished with the book. c)still to travel before you reach the place you are going to: ⇒ We still have five more miles to go. d)if you buy food from a restaurant to go, you buy it to take away and eat at home or somewhere else: ⇒ I’ll have a burger and fries to go, please.22go out of your way to do something to do something that you do not have to do and that involves making an effort: ⇒ They went out of their way to make me feel welcome.23WORK CORRECTLY [intransitive] informal if a machine goes, it works in the way that it should: ⇒ I can’t get the lawnmower to go.24STOP WORKING [intransitive] to become weaker or damaged and stop working correctly: ⇒ That lamp in the bathroom is about to go.⇒ I think my hearing is starting to go.25BE SOLD [intransitive] to be sold: go to⇒ The jewels will go to the highest bidder.go for⇒ The painting should go for about $200.⇒ I bought some mugs that were going cheap (=were being sold at a low price).26START [intransitive] to start doing something, especially after a wait or delay: ⇒ The builders are ready to go, but their boss hasn’t arrived yet.⇒ The party doesn’t usually get going till after midnight.27MAKE A MOVEMENT [intransitive always + adv./prep.] to make a particular movement: ⇒ She went like this with her pen.go up/down etc.⇒ All of the children’s hands went up.28BE GIVEN TO somebody [intransitive always + adv./prep.] to be given to someone as a prize or inheritance: go to⇒ Who will the Oscar go to?29MATCH [intransitive] to look or taste good together: ⇒ Do you think this goes?go with⇒ Does red wine go with chicken?go together⇒ Those colors don’t go together well.30DIE [intransitive] to die: ⇒ When I go, this will all be yours.31PAY MONEY [intransitive] to be willing to pay an amount of money for something: ⇒ I can’t go any higher than $500.SPOKEN PHRASES32how are things going?/how’s it going?/how goes it? used to ask how someone’s situation is or how things are developing, especially used as a greeting: ⇒ “Hey, Al, how’s it going?” “Fine.”33go and do something a)to go somewhere in order to do something: ⇒ I’ll go and get the car for you. b)to do something unexpected, and usually bad: ⇒ He went and sold the car without telling me.⇒ Tom’s really gone and done it this time (=made a really big mistake).34SAY [transitive] to say something: ⇒ Then she goes, “Sorry for interrupting your dinner.”35go (to the bathroom) to make waste come out of your body, especially to urinate: ⇒ I drank three beers and now I really have to go.36don’t go doing something used to tell someone not to do something, especially something that is wrong or bad: ⇒ It’s a secret, so don’t go telling everyone.37something (just) goes to show/prove used to say that something helps to prove that something is true: ⇒ It just goes to show, anything can happen in America.38what somebody says goes used to say that someone is in authority and other people must do what he or she is telling them to do: ⇒ I’m in charge here and what I say goes.39here/there somebody goes (again) used when someone has annoyed you by continuing to do something he or she knows you do not like: ⇒ There he goes again – telling those stupid jokes of his.40not go there used to say that you do not want to talk or think about something: ⇒ “What if the two of them actually...” “Don’t even go there.”⇒ As for his personal hygiene problems – let’s not go there.41you go, girl! informal said to encourage a girl or a woman to continue doing or saying something you approve of42go do something used to tell someone to go away when you are angry: ⇒ Go fly a kite!43go (somebody) one better to do something better than someone else did it, or get something better than he or she has: ⇒ He bought a bike, so she went one better and got a car.44go too far to go beyond the limits of what is reasonable or acceptable: ⇒ This time you’ve gone too far!45go all out (to do something) to try as hard as you can to do or get something: ⇒ The company will be going all out to improve sales.46go all the way (with somebody) informal to have sex with someone47go far to succeed in whatever you choose to do: ⇒ He’s a very bright kid and he’ll go far.48not go far if an amount of money does not go far, you cannot buy much with it: ⇒ $20 doesn’t go as far as it used to.49going, going, gone used to say something has been sold at an auction50as somebody/something goes informal compared with the average person or thing of that type: ⇒ He’s not bad, as politicians go.51go it alone to do something, especially start a business, alone: ⇒ Sayles hasn’t regretted his decision to go it alone as a filmmaker.[Origin: Old English gan] → see also anything goes at anything (7), going1, going2, gone2, here goes (nothing)/here we go at here1 (17), there goes something at there2 (13), there (you go) at there2 (9), go to waste at waste1 (4), the way things are (going) at way1 (54)go about something phrasal verb1to do something or begin working at something SYN tackle: ⇒ What’s the best way to go about it?go about (doing) something⇒ The booklet explains how to go about making a will.2to do something in the way that you usually do: ⇒ People were calmly going about their business as if nothing had happened.go after phrasal verb1go after somebody/something to follow or chase someone or something because you want to catch him or her: ⇒ Joe went after her to make sure she was OK.2go after something to try to get something: ⇒ Several people were going after the same apartment.go against phrasal verb1go against something if something goes against your beliefs, principles, etc., it is opposed to them: ⇒ This goes against everything I believe in.2go against somebody/something to do the opposite of what someone wants or advises you to do: ⇒ Nobody ever dared go against her.3go against somebody if a decision, judgment, vote, etc. goes against you, you do not get the result you want: ⇒ The ruling went against us.go ahead phrasal verb1spoken said in order to politely give someone permission to do something, or to let someone speak first: ⇒ “Do you mind if I smoke?” “No, go right ahead.”⇒ Go ahead, I’m listening.2to do something that you have been planning or preparing to do: go ahead with⇒ They decided to go ahead with the wedding.go ahead and do something⇒ The newspaper decided to go ahead and publish the story.3if something that has been planned goes ahead, it takes place: ⇒ Work on the new building will go ahead in May.4to go somewhere before the other people in your group SYN go on: ⇒ You can go ahead and we’ll catch up with you later.go ahead of⇒ He stood back to let Sue go ahead of him.go along phrasal verb1to go with someone to a place or event: ⇒ They’re going to a movie later, and I thought I might go along.2if something is going along in a particular way, it is happening or progressing in that way: ⇒ Things were going along nicely.3as somebody goes along if you do something as you go along, you do it without preparing or planning it: ⇒ I just made up the story as I went along.4to continue with a plan, activity, etc.: go along doing something⇒ I went along making the same mistake for weeks.go along with somebody/something phrasal verb to agree with or support someone or something: ⇒ You’ll never get Mom to go along with your idea.go around phrasal verb1go around doing something if you go around doing something, especially something people do not approve of, you often do it: ⇒ You can’t go around calling people liars.2go around (something) to usually dress or behave in a particular way: ⇒ It’s so embarrassing the way he goes around with his pants unzipped.⇒ I can’t believe how she goes around town in that funny hat.3go around (something) if an illness, some news, etc. is going around, it is being passed from one person to another: ⇒ There’s a rumor going around the office that Randy’s having an affair.⇒ Last week, I had that stomach virus that’s been going around.4enough/plenty to go around to be enough for everyone to have some: ⇒ There should be enough ice-cream bars to go around.5 to move in a circular way: ⇒ The wheels went around faster and faster.► see thesaurus at turn1 → see also go/run around in circles at circle1 (5)6what goes around comes around an expression meaning that if you do something bad, something bad will happen to you some daygo at something/somebody phrasal verb informal to attack someone or start to fight: ⇒ The two dogs went at each other as soon as I opened the gate.⇒ The boxers went at it until officials pulled them apart.go away phrasal verb1to leave a place or person: ⇒ Go away! Leave me alone!⇒ He went away without saying goodbye.2to leave to spend some time somewhere else, especially on vacation: ⇒ We’re going away for seven days.⇒ Dad used to go away on business a lot.► see thesaurus at leave13if a problem, bad feeling, etc. goes away, it disappears or does not happen any longer: ⇒ Has your headache gone away yet?go back phrasal verb1to return to a place that you have just come from SYN return: ⇒ I think we ought to go back now.go back for⇒ I had to go back for my passport.go back to/into/out etc.⇒ It’s cold out here – let’s go back to the kitchen.2go back a long way (also go way back) informal if two people go back a long way, they have known each other for a long time: ⇒ Bill and I go back a long way.3 to have been made, built, or started at some time in the past SYN date back: ⇒ Their recorded family history goes back to the 16th century.4there’s no going back used to say it is impossible to return to the way things were before: ⇒ Once you’ve made the decision, I’m afraid there’s no going back.go back on something phrasal verb to not do what you said you would do: ⇒ They went back on the agreement.go back on your promise/word⇒ I have a hard time trusting Jack – he’s gone back on his word too many times.go back over something phrasal verb1to examine or consider something again, especially in a thorough way so that you do not miss anything: ⇒ The jury went back over all the evidence.2to repeat something again so that someone understands itgo back to phrasal verb1go back to something to start to do something again that you were doing before, or that you used to do in the past SYN return to: ⇒ He went back to sleep.go back to doing something⇒ After they finished speaking, he went back to watching TV.2go back to something to return to a situation or state that used to exist before something happened SYN return to: ⇒ Things soon went back to normal.3go back to something to start talking about a subject again SYN return to: ⇒ Can we go back to your original point?4go back to somebody if you go back to someone that you used to have a sexual relationship with, you start to have a relationship with him or her again: ⇒ He went back to his wife.go before phrasal verb1go before somebody/something if something goes before a judge, group of people in authority, etc., they consider it before making a decision: ⇒ The case will go before the court next week.2 to happen or exist before something else: ⇒ The new system is an improvement on what went before.go beyond something phrasal verb to be much better, worse, more serious, etc. than something else: ⇒ Their relationship has gone beyond friendship.go by phrasal verb1 if time goes by, it passes: ⇒ The morning went by so slowly.⇒ Things will get easier as time goes by.2go by something to use the information or advice you get from a person, a book, a set of rules, etc.: ⇒ Don’t go by that old map – it’s out of date.⇒ Taylor is a tough good cop who always goes by the book (=obeys the rules very strictly).3go by something to use a particular name: ⇒ She goes by the name of Lara now.4go by something to form an opinion or judgment of someone or something from something else: ⇒ You can’t always go by appearances.go down phrasal verb1BECOME LOWER to not be as expensive, high, etc. as before: ⇒ The price of computers keeps going down.⇒ The water level in the pool has gone down quite a bit.go down in price/value⇒ Oil has gone down in price.► see thesaurus at decrease12MOVE ALONG go down something to move along a street, path, etc. in order to get somewhere: ⇒ Go down the street and turn right at the corner.3GO SOMEWHERE NEARBY to go to a place near where you live: ⇒ I’m going down to the library.4GO TO A LOWER PLACE to go to a lower place or a lower floor of a building: ⇒ Are you going down for lunch anytime soon?5GO SOUTH to go to a place that is further south: go down to⇒ She went down to Mexico for the weekend.6BECOME WORSE if something goes down, its quality or standard gets worse: ⇒ This neighborhood has really gone down in the last few years.go down in somebody’s estimation/opinion (=someone is respected less)7go down well/badly etc. to get a particular sort of reaction from someone: ⇒ Marsha’s joke about Canadians didn’t go down well at the party.8SUN if the sun goes down, you cannot see it above the ground anymore, and it becomes night9SINK if a ship goes down, it sinks: ⇒ Ten men died when the ship went down.10AIRPLANE if an airplane goes down, it suddenly falls to the ground11BECOME FLATTER to become less swollen or lose air: ⇒ Put some ice on your knee to make the swelling go down.12BE REMEMBERED to be recorded or remembered in a particular way: go down as/in⇒ The talks went down as a landmark in the peace process.⇒ This day will surely go down in history (=be remembered for a long time).13COMPUTER to stop working for a short time: ⇒ My computer went down an hour ago.14FOOD/DRINK to pass down your throat: ⇒ My throat was so sore that I couldn’t get the pill to go down.15LIGHTS if lights go down, they become less bright: ⇒ The lights went down and the curtain rose on an empty stage.16HAPPEN informal to happen: ⇒ Nobody really knows what went down that day.17SPORTS a)to lose a game or competition: ⇒ Williams went down to Razzano in the third round. b)to move down to a lower position in an official list of teams or players: go down to⇒ Dallas has gone down to second place in the NFL.go for phrasal verb1go for something to try to get or win something: ⇒ He is going for his second gold medal. → see also go for broke at broke2 (3)2go for it! spoken said when you want to encourage someone to do something3I could go for something spoken used to say that you want to have something: ⇒ I could really go for a taco right now.4that goes for somebody/something, too (also the same goes for somebody/something) spoken used to say that something is true about someone or something else: ⇒ Peter, you need to be quiet and listen, and that goes for you, too, Steve (=Steve needs to be quiet and listen also).5go for somebody/something spoken to usually like a particular type of person or thing, or to usually choose a particular type of person or thing: ⇒ I tend to go for brightly colored ties.6have a lot going for you (also have everything going for you) to have a lot of good features or qualities: ⇒ This town has a lot going for it.7have nothing going for you (also not have anything/much going for you, have very little going for you) to have no good features or qualities, or very few: ⇒ He’s not rich or handsome – he has nothing going for him.go in for something phrasal verb1to like something or become interested in something: ⇒ Our family don’t really go in for big formal meals.2to get medical treatment at a hospital or clinic: ⇒ She’s gone in for some tests.go in with somebody phrasal verb to join someone in a business relationship: ⇒ Ellie’s going in with a friend who’s just started a café.go into something phrasal verb1JOB to enter a particular profession or business: ⇒ Vivian wants to go into politics.⇒ I might go into business (=begin a business) with Brian.2GO TO WORK to go to work: ⇒ Are you going into work today?3ENTER A STATE OR CONDITION to start being in a particular state or condition: ⇒ Severe pain can make you faint or go into shock.⇒ The family went deeper and deeper into debt.4TIME/MONEY/EFFORT to be used in order make something work or happen: ⇒ It’s obvious that a lot of money has gone into this house.5DISCUSS to explain, describe, or talk about something in detail: ⇒ I don’t want to go into the matter now.⇒ Clare wouldn’t go into details about her divorce.6HIT if a vehicle goes into a tree, wall, or another vehicle, it hits it: ⇒ The driver lost control and went into the median.7BEGIN A MOVEMENT to begin moving in a particular way: ⇒ The plane went into a steep descent.8BE INCLUDED to be used in something you are making or preparing: ⇒ Most of the ingredients that go into this recipe are easy to obtain.9DIVIDE informal if a number goes into another number, the second number can be divided by the first: ⇒ 12 goes into 60 five times.10COMPUTER to open a particular computer program or filego off phrasal verb1LEAVE to leave a place, especially in order to do something: ⇒ You shouldn’t go off on your own like that.2EXPLODE to explode: ⇒ Fireworks went off all over the city last night.3GUN if a gun goes off, it fires: ⇒ The gun went off accidentally.4ALARM to make a loud noise: ⇒ I overslept because my alarm clock didn’t go off.5STOP WORKING if a machine goes off, it stops working: ⇒ Suddenly, all the lights went off.6LINE/ROAD if a line, road, path, etc. goes off another one, it separates from it and goes in a different direction7go off well/badly etc. to happen in a particular way: ⇒ We hope the party goes off well.go off on somebody/something phrasal verb informal to show your anger at someone or about something by saying what you really think: ⇒ Lisa called him a bad name, so Brett just went off on her.go off with somebody/something phrasal verb informal1to leave your husband, wife, partner, etc. in order to have a relationship with someone else: ⇒ She’s gone off with her husband’s best friend.2to take something away from a place without having permission: ⇒ Apparently someone’s gone off with my notebook.go on phrasal verb1CONTINUE AN ACTION to continue happening or doing something without stopping or changing: go on with⇒ I just want to go on with my life and forget the whole experience.go on doing something⇒ We can’t go on fighting like this.⇒ Sometimes I feel that I can’t go on.► see thesaurus at continue2CONTINUE TALKING to continue talking, especially after stopping or changing to a different subject: ⇒ Go on, I’m listening.go on with⇒ After a pause Maria went on with her story.go on to do something⇒ He went on to explain why he had left his job.► see thesaurus at talk13CONTINUE TRAVELING to continue traveling or moving toward a place or in a particular direction: ⇒ They went on until they reached Morocco.go on to⇒ We’re stopping in Chicago and then going on to New York.4DO something NEXT to do something after you have finished doing something else: go on to⇒ When you’ve finished, go on to question 5.go on to do something⇒ She went on to write several children’s books.5HAPPEN to take place or happen: ⇒ I thought that there was something suspicious going on.⇒ What’s going on in there?⇒ She didn’t really understand what was going on.go on with⇒ What’s going on with Seth? → see also goings-on6BEGIN TO WORK if a machine goes on, it begins to operate: ⇒ Our coffeemaker is set to go on at 7 a.m.7USE AS PROOF go on something to base an opinion or judgment on something: ⇒ Police don’t have much to go on in their hunt for the killer.8TIME to pass: ⇒ As time went on, I began to like him more.9BE ALMOST be going on something to be nearly a time, age, number, etc.: ⇒ It’s going on 10 o’clock.⇒ Jenny’s 16 going on 70 (=she behaves older than she is).10MEDICINE go on something to begin to take a type of medicine: ⇒ Dani’s too young to go on the pill.11GO IN FRONT OF to go somewhere before the other people you are with SYN go ahead: ⇒ You go on – don’t wait for me.go on ahead⇒ Dad told me to go on ahead and he would meet me at the restaurant.12TALK TOO MUCH informal to talk or complain too much: go on about⇒ I wish you’d stop going on about my haircut.⇒ Grandpa went on and on about how good he was at golf.13go on spoken used to encourage someone to do something: ⇒ Go on, have another cookie.go out phrasal verb1LEAVE A BUILDING/ROOM ETC. to leave a building, room, etc. in order to go somewhere else: ⇒ She got up and went out.2FOR ENTERTAINMENT to leave your house, especially in order to enjoy yourself: ⇒ Are you going out tonight?go out doing something⇒ She goes out partying every weekend.go out and do something⇒ Can I go out and play now?go out for dinner/lunch etc.⇒ We went out for dinner a couple of times.3RELATIONSHIP to have a romantic relationship with someone: ⇒ They’ve been going out for six months.go out with⇒ Leah’s still going out with Colin.4FIRE/LIGHT to stop burning or shining: ⇒ Our campfire went out while we were sleeping.5TIDE if the tide goes out, the water at the edge of the ocean goes back to its lower level OPP come in: ⇒ The tide’s going out.6STOP BEING FASHIONABLE to stop being fashionable or popular: ⇒ Haircuts like that went out in the 1990s.go out of style/fashion⇒ Leisure suits went of out style over 30 years ago.7go out like a light informal to go to sleep very quickly: ⇒ As soon as his head hit the pillow, he went out like a light.8our heart/thoughts/sympathies go out to somebody used to say that you have a lot of sympathy for someone else: ⇒ Our hearts go out to the victim’s family.9go out and do something to do something, even though it is difficult and needs a lot of effort: ⇒ We’re going to go out and win the championship.10MAKE PUBLIC to be sent or told to people: ⇒ An appeal went out for food and medicines.11TRAVEL to travel to a place that is far away, in order to live there: ⇒ I’m going out to Malaysia to set up a new branch.12TIME literary to end: ⇒ Spring went out with a bang.go out of somebody/something phrasal verb if a fun or lively quality goes out of someone or something, that quality is not there anymore: ⇒ All the fun had gone out of the game.go over phrasal verb1GO NEAR somebody/something to go nearer to someone or something: ⇒ Brad went over and got a drink.go over to⇒ We went over to the man to ask for directions.go over to do something⇒ I think I’ll go over to thank them for the gift.2EXAMINE go over something to look at something or think about something carefully: ⇒ The jury spent hours going over all the evidence.3SEARCH go over something to search something or a place very carefully: ⇒ Investigators have gone over every square inch of the area looking for clues.4REPEAT something go over something to read, say, or think about something again in order to learn it, understand it, or explain it: ⇒ I keep going over what happened in my mind.⇒ Could you go over the instructions one more time?5CLEAN to clean something: ⇒ You need to go over the floor with a damp mop.6go over well/badly etc. if a speech, performance, type of behavior, etc. goes over well, badly, etc., people like it, do not like it etc.: ⇒ Her presentation went over well.go over to phrasal verb1go over to something to change to a new belief, religion, habit, job, etc.: ⇒ One of the Democratic senators has gone over to the Republicans.2go over to somebody/something to change from being broadcast from one person or place to being broadcast from another person or place: ⇒ Now we’ll go over to Bryant in Atlanta.go through phrasal verb1SUFFER go through something to suffer or experience something bad: ⇒ She’s been through a lot this year.2EXPERIENCE go through something to experience a period or process: ⇒ Japan went through a period of rapid economic growth.3LOOK AT/FOR something go through something to look at or for something carefully: ⇒ I went through all of our closets and I still can’t find my tennis racket.4READ CAREFULLY go through something to carefully read something and check it: ⇒ Go through your work and check your spelling.► see thesaurus at check15EXPLAIN go through something to talk about all the details of something to someone, in order to make sure that he or she understands it: ⇒ Do you want me to go through the main points again?6USE ALL OF something go through something to use something and have none left: ⇒ We went through a quart of milk today.7PRACTICE go through something to practice something, for example for a performance: ⇒ Let’s go through the song one more time.8BE APPROVED OFFICIALLY if a deal or agreement goes through, it is officially accepted: ⇒ Did the loan go through?9LAW go through something if a law goes through or goes through a legislative institution, it is officially accepted: ⇒ Everyone expects this bill to go through Congress quickly.10something goes through somebody’s mind/head used to say that someone thinks about something: ⇒ The thought went through my mind that she might be lying.go through with something phrasal verb to do something you had promised or planned to do, even though it causes problems or you are not sure you want to do it anymore: ⇒ Rich said he didn’t want to go through with the wedding.go to something phrasal verb1go to great lengths/pains (also go to a lot of trouble/effort) to use a lot of effort to get something or to do something: ⇒ Your dad went to a lot of trouble to get you these baseball cards.2go to sleep/war etc. to begin sleeping, fighting a war, etc.: ⇒ Shh! The baby’s trying to go to sleep.3go to great expense to spend a lot of money for something or to do something: ⇒ Some people go to great expense to decorate their homes.go together phrasal verb1if two things go together, they exist together or are connected in some way: ⇒ Drug abuse and mental illness often go together.2if two people are going together, they are having a romantic relationshipgo under phrasal verb1if a business goes under, it has serious problems and fails: ⇒ Paul’s roofing business went under last year.2if a ship or something that is floating goes under, it sinks beneath the surface: ⇒ The Titanic finally went under.3to become unconscious because you have been given a druggo up phrasal verb1INCREASE to increase in number or amount: ⇒ The price of gas continues to go up.go up by⇒ Unemployment went up by 1.5%.2MOVE NEAR somebody/something to move near to someone or something: ⇒ I went up and said “Hi.”3GO TO A HIGHER PLACE to go to a higher position or a higher floor in a building: ⇒ I’ll just go up and check on the kids.► see thesaurus at climb14BE BUILT to be built: ⇒ The new civic center went up last month.5EXPLODE/BURN to explode or be destroyed in a fire: ⇒ The factory went up in flames before the firemen arrived. → see also go up in smoke at smoke1 (4)6TRAVEL NORTH to travel to a place that is further north: go up to⇒ He goes up to Canada each summer.7LIGHTS if lights go up, they become brighter: ⇒ The lights went up at the end of the performance.8SHOUT if a shout or a cheer goes up, people start to shout or cheergo with phrasal verb1go with something to be included as part of something: ⇒ The company car goes with the job.2go with something to choose something or choose to do something: ⇒ I think I’ll go with the green tie instead.3go with somebody to have someone as your boyfriend or girlfriendgo without phrasal verb1go without something to be able to live without something or without doing something: ⇒ He had gone without sleep for two days.2it goes without saying used to say that something is understood by everyone and that it does not need to be said: ⇒ It goes without saying that he has no talent.