to proceed on a course; to travel
to move out of or away from a place; to leave
I must go
The ferry goes every hour
used with a further verb to express purpose
I went to see them
I'll go and look
to make an expedition for a specified activity
to go shopping
to attend a specified institution habitually
to be in or arrive at a specified state or condition
to pass by means of a specified process or according to a specified procedure
Your suggestion will go before the committee
to extend
It's true as far as it goes
to speak, proceed, or develop in a specified direction or up to a specified limit
You've gone too far
Don't let's go into details
(often + and) used to intensify a complementary verb
Don't go saying that
He went and won first prize
to be, esp habitually
to go barefoot
to come or arrive at a specified state or condition
to go to sleep
to go to waste
to join a specified institution professionally or attend it habitually
to go on the stage
to come to be; to turn
The tyre went flat
to become voluntarily
He went absent without leave
to change to a specified system or tendency
The company went public
to continue to be; to remain
to go hungry
to become lost, consumed, or spent
My pen's gone
Half their income goes in rent
to disappear
to die
to elapse
only three weeks to go
to be got rid of, e.g. by sale or removal
These slums must go
to fail or give way
His hearing started to go
to give way
At last the dam went
(often + on) to happen or progress
Let's find out what's going on
How are things going?
to be in general or on an average
The cook was a good cook, as cooks go, and as cooks go, she went — Saki
to pass or be granted by award, assignment, or lot
The prize went to a French girl
to turn out, esp in a specified manner
The party went well
to put or subject oneself
They went to unnecessary expense
to begin an action, motion, or process
Ready, steady, go!
to begin, maintain, or perform an action or motion
Go like this with your left foot
to function in a proper or specified way
trying to get the car to go
I felt ill but kept going
to make a characteristic noise
The doorbell went
to be known or identified as specified
She now goes by another name
to be in phrasing or content
as the saying goes
to be sung or played in a specified manner
The song goes to the tune of ‘Greensleeves’
to act or be in accordance or harmony
to act or occur in accordance or harmony
a good rule to go by
to contribute to a total or result
taxes that go for education
(+ an infinitive) to be about, intending, or destined
Is it going to rain?
(+ with) to be compatible or harmonize with (something)
a wine that goes with beef
to be capable of passing, extending, or being contained or inserted
It won't go round my waist
Three into two won't go
to belong
These books go on the top shelf
to carry authority
What she said went
to be acceptable, satisfactory, or adequate
In America everything goes and nothing matters, while in Europe nothing goes and everything matters — Philip Roth
to be the case; to be valid
and that goes for you too
informal to empty the bladder or bowels
I've been needing to go for ages
to proceed along or according to (a way, course, etc)
to go one's own way
to pass through (a distance)
to go ten miles
to undertake (e.g. an errand) by travelling
to emit (a sound)
to participate to the extent of (something)
to go halves
to perform or effect (something)
to go the limit
Brit, informal to say
So she goes ‘Don't you ever do that again!’
to undertake or begin to tackle (something)
in sailing, to change tack
to seek or pursue (something or somebody)
to act in opposition to (e.g. somebody's wishes or principles)
to turn out unfavourably for (somebody)
to begin
to continue; to advance or proceed
informal to engage in full sexual intercourse
to attack (somebody or something)
to undertake (e.g. a task) energetically
to fail to keep (e.g. a promise)
to be disloyal to (somebody or something); to betray
to serve or be accounted as (something)
It all went for nothing
to try to gain secure (something)
He went for the biggest slice
to choose, favour, or accept (something)
to have an interest in or liking for (somebody or something)
She went for him in a big way
to attack (somebody or something)
to apply to
said of a number: to be contained in (another number)
5 goes into 60 12 times
to investigate (something)
to explain (something) in depth
The book doesn't go into the moral aspects
to behave in a reckless, excited, or impulsive manner
to proceed rapidly or furiously
to act alone, esp courageously
chiefly Brit to disappear
informal to stop liking or begin to dislike (something or somebody)
to be enthusiastic about or have a liking for (something) to the specified degree
We don't go much on cars — Len Deighton
to outdo or surpass another
to take extra trouble
to examine, inspect, or check (something)
to repeat (something)
to study or revise (something)
to subject (something) to thorough examination, study, or discussion
to experience or undergo (something difficult or unpleasant)
to spend, use, or exhaust (something)
informal to die or become destroyed or expended
[First World War services’ slang, probably based on the notion of the setting sun symbolizing disappearance or finality. In myth, the Fortunate Isles or Islands of the Blest, where the souls of the good are made happy, were located in the western ocean. An association with convicts condemned to die on the gallows at Tyburn, who were taken west up Oxford Street, is unlikely]to accompany (something)
the responsibility that goes with parenthood
to be the social, romantic, or sexual companion of (somebody)
to be deprived of (something)
to stop holding
informal to refrain from pursuing a topic which might be embarrassing, upsetting, etc
chiefly NAmer, informal said of prepared food and drink: to be taken away for consumption off the premises