Search results for 'go':

go v, n

v
1 move, pass, advance, progress, proceed, make for, head, drive, travel, journey, walk, start, begin, go away, depart, leave, take your leave, set off, set out, retreat, withdraw, disappear, vanish, melt away formal repair colloq. quit, scat, scoot, scram, make tracks
2 operate, function, work, run, act, perform, be in working order
3 extend, spread, stretch, reach, lead, span, continue, unfold
4 time goes quickly pass, elapse, lapse, proceed, roll on, go by, slip away, tick away
5 go mad become, turn, get, grow, come to be, be changed into
6 the machine goes ?beep? emit, sound, make a sound, give off, send out, release
7 the books go here belong, have as its usual place, fit in, be found, be located, be situated
8 the interview went well turn out, work out, progress, proceed, manage, fare, occur, result, end up formal eventuate colloq. pan out
9 Where does all the money go? be used up, be spent, be finished, be exhausted, be consumed
10 100 jobs will go get rid of, be discarded, be thrown away, be dismissed, be made redundant colloq. be axed, be sacked, be fired, be given their cards, be down the door
11 most of the income goes on rent be spent on, be given to, be allotted to, be assigned to, be awarded to
12 the hat goes well with the dress match, harmonize, co-ordinate, blend, go together, complement, suit, fit, correspond, go with each other formal accord
ANTONYM 1 stop 2 break down, fail 12 clash

go about
approach, begin, set about, address, tackle, attend to, undertake, do, engage in, perform

go ahead
begin, proceed, carry on, continue, advance, progress, make progress, move

go along with
accept, agree with, obey, follow, support, abide by; formal comply with, concur with

go around
circulate, be spread around, be passed round, be talked about, go about

go at
set about, tackle, attack, blame, criticize, argue

go away
depart, leave, abscond, withdraw, retreat, disappear, vanish; colloq. get knotted, sling your hook

Colloquial expressions telling someone to go away include: away!, away with you!, be off!, beat it!, buzz off!, clear off!, clear out!, do me a favour!, get out of here!, get out!, get the hell out of here!, go and jump in the lake!, go fly a kite!, never darken my door again!, off with you!, off you go!, on your way!, out of my sight!, push off!, run along!, scarper!, scat!, scram!, shove off!, skeddadle!, take a running jump!, vamoose!

Slang expressions telling someone to go away include: bugger off!, fuck off!, get lost!, naff off!, piss off!, sod off!

go back
return, revert, backslide, retreat

go back on
renege on, default on, deny, break your promise

go by
1 pass, elapse, lapse, flow
2 go by the rules observe, follow, obey, heed; formal comply with

go down
1 descend, descend, sink, be submerged, set, fall (down), drop, decrease, be reduced, decline, deteriorate, degenerate, fail, founder, go under, collapse; colloq. fold
2 lose, be beaten, be defeated, suffer defeat, fail; colloq. come a cropper
3 the joke went down badly be received, have as a response, be reacted to, be met with, sustain

go for
1 choose, select, prefer, favour, aim for, like, admire, enjoy
2 attack, assail, assault, rush at, set about, lunge at

go in for
enter, take part in, participate in, engage in, go into, take up, embrace, adopt, undertake, practise, pursue, follow; formal espouse

go into
discuss, consider, review, examine, study, research, look into, scrutinize, investigate, inquire into, check out, probe, delve into, analyse, dissect

go off
1 depart, leave, set out, abscond, vanish, disappear; colloq. quit
2 explode, blow up, blast, burst, detonate, be fired, be discharged; colloq. go bang
3 the milk has gone off deteriorate, turn, sour, go bad, rot, go stale

go on
1 continue, carry on, proceed, persist, stay, endure, last, remain
2 chatter, ramble on; colloq. rabbit, witter, natter, gab, gas, talk the hind legs off a donkey
3 happen, occur, take place

go out
1 exit, depart, leave, withdraw
2 go out with a boy go with, court, see each other; colloq. date, go steady

go over
examine, peruse, study, revise, scan, read, look over, inspect, discuss, think about, check, review, repeat, rehearse, list

go through
1 suffer, undergo, experience, bear, tolerate, endure, withstand, stand, be subjected to
2 investigate, check, examine, look through, search, hunt, explore
3 use up, consume, exhaust, spend, squander, get through

go together
match, harmonize, fit, suit, blend, co-ordinate, complement; formal accord

go under
2 close down, collapse, default, die, fail, go out of business, founder, go bankrupt; colloq. fold, flop, go to the wall, go bust
2 sink, go down, founder, submerge, succumb, drown

go with
1 match, harmonize, co-ordinate, blend, complement, suit, fit, correspond
2 accompany, escort, take, usher
ANTONYM 1 clash

go without
abstain, deny yourself, forego, do without, manage without, lack, want

n
1 have a go attempt, try, bid, turn, endeavour, effort colloq. shot, bash, stab, whirl
2 energy, vitality, life, force, spirit, dynamism, vigour, animation colloq. get-up-and-go, push, pizzazz