If someone has a go at you, they criticize you, often in a way that you feel is unfair .
go off at a tangent
If someone goes off at a tangent , they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before.
go off at half-cock
to fail as a result of inadequate preparation or premature starting
go at it hammer and tongs
to do something with great energy and enthusiasm
Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
a Eurasian plant, Tragopogon pratensis, with woolly stems and large heads of yellow rayed flowers surrounded by large green bracts : family Asteraceae ( composites )
go off at (or on) a tangent
to break off suddenly from a line of action or train of thought and pursue another course
go off half-cocked
to be unsuccessful in what you are trying to do, because you have not taken enough care or prepared properly
goatsbeard
a Eurasian plant, Tragopogon pratensis, with woolly stems and large heads of yellow rayed flowers surrounded by large green bracts : family Asteraceae ( composites )
go at
phrasal verb
If you go at a task or activity, you start doing it in an energetic, enthusiastic way.
He sank the spade into the ground, and went at it. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
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go at in British English
verb(intr, preposition)
1.
to make an energetic attempt at (something)
2.
to attack vehemently
go at in American English
1.
to attack
2.
to work at
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Examples of 'go at' in a sentence
go at
I would take odds that by or at dawn someone is going to have a go at us.
Maclean, Alistair SAN ANDREAS
The contractions continued to come and go at twenty-minute intervals.
Martin, Joy THE IMAGE OF LAURA
He sensed that he had pushed her as far as she was going to go at the moment.