Hugo van der. ?1440–82, Flemish painter: works include the Pontinari Altarpiece and The Death of a Virgin
goes in American English
(goʊz)
verb intransitive, verb transitive 3d pers. sing., pres. indic., of go1
More idioms containing
Goes
what goes around comes around
bang goes something
it goes without saying
something goes with the territory
All related terms of 'Goes'
go
When you go somewhere , you move or travel there.
goest
to move or proceed , esp to or from a point or in a certain direction
goeth
to move or proceed , esp to or from a point or in a certain direction
fungo
the act of tossing the ball upwards and hitting it as it descends
Mandingo
→ Mande
bang goes
that is the end of
here goes
You say ' here goes ' when you are about to do or say something difficult or unpleasant .
what goes?
what's happening ?
anything goes
If people say ' anything goes ', they mean that anything people say or do is considered acceptable , and usually they mean that they do not approve of this.
life goes on
You can say ' Life goes on ' after mentioning something very sad to indicate that, although people are very upset or affected by it, they have to carry on living normally .
bang goes sth
If you say bang goes something, you mean that it is now obvious that it cannot succeed or be achieved .
the story goes
it is commonly said or believed
go at
If you go at a task or activity, you start doing it in an energetic, enthusiastic way.
go by
If you say that time goes by , you mean that it passes.
go for
If you go for a particular thing or way of doing something, you choose it.
go in
If the sun goes in , a cloud comes in front of it and it can no longer be seen .
go off
If you go off someone or something, you stop liking them.
go on
If you go on doing something, or go on with an activity , you continue to do it.
go out
If you go out , you leave your home in order to do something enjoyable, for example to go to a party, a bar , or the cinema .
go to
to be awarded to
go up
If a price , amount, or level goes up , it becomes higher or greater than it was.
go about
The way you go about a task or problem is the way you approach it and deal with it.
go after
If you go after something, you try to get it, catch it, or hit it.
go ahead
If someone goes ahead with something, they begin to do it or make it, especially after planning , promising , or asking permission to do it.
go along
If you go along to a meeting , event, or place, you attend or visit it.
go around
If you go around to someone's house , you go to visit them at their house.
go away
If you go away , you leave a place or a person's company .
go back
If something goes back to a particular time in the past , it was made or started at that time.
go down
If a price , level, or amount goes down , it becomes lower or less than it was.
go forth
to be issued
go into
If you go into something, you describe or examine it fully or in detail .
go over
If you go over a document , incident , or problem , you examine, discuss , or think about it very carefully.
go round
one of a series of actions, encounters , meetings , etc., often one involving a conflict or fight
go under
If a business or project goes under , it becomes unable to continue in operation or in existence .
go with
If one thing goes with another thing, the two things officially belong together, so that if you get one, you also get the other.
goes without saying
If something goes without saying , it is obvious .
go before
Something that has gone before has happened or been discussed at an earlier time.
square go
a fair fight between two individuals
as far as it goes
If you say that something is good as far as it goes or true so far as it goes , you mean that it is good or true only to a limited extent .
go against
If a person or their behaviour goes against your wishes , beliefs, or expectations , their behaviour is the opposite of what you want , believe in, or expect .
go in for
If you go in for a particular activity, you decide to do it as a hobby or interest.
go out of
If a quality or feeling goes out of someone or something, they no longer have it.
go through
If you go through an experience or a period of time, especially an unpleasant or difficult one, you experience it.
go together
If you say that two things go together , or that one thing goes together with another, you mean that they go well with each other or cannot be separated from each other.
go towards
If an amount of money goes towards something, it is used to pay part of the cost of that thing.
go without
If you go without something that you need or usually have or do, you do not get it or do it.
it goes without saying
said to mean that something is so obvious that it does not need to be said or explained
it just goes to show
If you say it just goes to show or it just shows that something is the case , you mean that what you have just said or experienced demonstrates that it is the case.
that goes without saying
that is obvious or self-evident
go back on
If you go back on a promise or agreement , you do not do what you promised or agreed to do.