Phrasal Verb 'Go'
We have 143 phrasal verb definitions related to 'Go'.
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Go about
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Meaning: Deal with something
Example: How should I GO ABOUT telling her the bad news?
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Go about
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Meaning: Circulate
Example: A rumour is GOING ABOUT involving the Attorney General.
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Go about
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Meaning: Continue to do something; keep busy with something
Example: Despite the threat of conflict, people WENT ABOUT their lives as usual.
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Go about
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Meaning: Work on something
Example: You're not GOING ABOUT the problem the right way.
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Go across
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Meaning: Move to another side or place
Example: He WENT ACROSS to the opposition.
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Go after
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Meaning: Chase, try to get
Example: The cat WENT AFTER the pigeon, but it flew away.
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Go against
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Meaning: Lose a decision or a verdict of a court
Example: If the decision GOES AGAINST me, I'll go bankrupt.
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Go ahead
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Meaning: Proceed
Example: The construction of the bypass WENT AHEAD despite the protests from environmentalists.
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Go ahead with
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Meaning: Proceed
Example: We now intend to GO AHEAD WITH the final stage of the project.
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Go along with
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Meaning: Accept a decision or suggestion
Example: I didn't really agree, but I WENT ALONG WITH the decision because I was in the minority.
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Go along with
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Meaning: Accompany
Example: I plan to GO ALONG WITH them as far as Los Angeles.
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Go around
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Meaning: Circulate
Example: A rumour is GOING AROUND about the Attorney General.
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Go around
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Meaning: Be or have enough of something
Example: There aren't enough jobs to GO AROUND for the numbers of people graduating nowadays.
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Go around
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Meaning: Visit
Example: I WENT AROUND for dinner at their house.
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Go at
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Meaning: Attack or approach something with vigour
Example: She WENT AT her dinner like she hadn't eaten for days.
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Go away
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Meaning: Leave a place or disappear
Example: This drug should make the pain GO AWAY.
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Go back
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Meaning: Have a long history
Example: He and I GO BACK a long way- we were at school together.
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Go back
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Meaning: Return to, start doing something again
Example: We WENT BACK to work after the break.
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Go back on
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Meaning: Break a promise
Example: The government have GONE BACK ON their promise not to raise taxes.
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Go before
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Meaning: Precede
Example: We can´t ignore what has GONE BEFORE and pretend that everything has been OK.
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Go below
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Meaning: Leave the top deck of a ship
Example: The captain told the passengers to GO BELOW when the storm started.
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Go by
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Meaning: The passing of time
Example: Ten years WENT BY before we saw each other again.
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Go by
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Meaning: Trust or depend on for correct information
Example: Don't GO BY my watch; it's usually a bit slow.
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Go by
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Meaning: Pay a short visit, call
Example: Nobody was at home when I WENT BY yesterday.
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Go down
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Meaning: Decrease, get smaller
Example: The price of scanners has GONE DOWN recently.
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Go down
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Meaning: Sink
Example: The Titanic WENT DOWN after it hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage.
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Go down
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Meaning: Sunset
Example: The sun WENT DOWN at seven o'clock.
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Go down
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Meaning: Be sent to to prison
Example: He WENT DOWN for ten years for armed robbery.
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Go down
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Meaning: Become recorded as or known as
Example: It WENT DOWN as the worst day in the history of the company.
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Go down
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Meaning: Be eaten or swallowed
Example: The medicine WENT DOWN easily.
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Go down
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Meaning: Fall to the ground
Example: The boxer WENT DOWN in the second round.
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Go down
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Meaning: Happen, take place
Example: The police thought that a big crime was GOING DOWN that night.
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Go down
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Meaning: Stop working, especially computers
Example: The computer system WENT DOWN for an hour last night.
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Go down
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Meaning: Become dimmer
Example: The lights WENT DOWN and the audience stopped talking.
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Go down
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Meaning: Be received by people, in terms of their reaction
Example: My joke WENT DOWN very badly.
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Go down on
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Meaning: Perform oral sex
Example: He WENT DOWN ON her.
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Go down to
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Meaning: Be defeated
Example: Chelsea WENT DOWN TO Arsenal in a thrilling game.
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Go down with
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Meaning: Fall ill
Example: She WENT DOWN WITH a virus.
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Go down with
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Meaning: Find acceptance
Example: Do you think the scheme will GO DOWN WITH the farmers in the area?
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Go for
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Meaning: Attack
Example: The neighbour's dog WENT FOR the postman and bit him.
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Go for
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Meaning: Be attracted to
Example: She tends to GO FOR guys like him.
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Go for
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Meaning: Choose, select
Example: I'll GO FOR the soup of the day, followed by the duck.
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Go for
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Meaning: Try to get
Example: The player WENT FOR the ball but missed.
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Go for
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Meaning: Have something favourable
Example: The play didn't have much GOING FOR IT and we left halfway through.
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Go for
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Meaning: Pass for or serve as
Example: It's a couch that also GOES FOR a bed.
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Go for it
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Meaning: Be assertive and ready to initiate action. (Related to the meaning 'attack')
Example: He was not always successful, but whatever he tried to do he would always GO FOR IT.
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Go forth
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Meaning: Leave a place
Example: He WENT FORTH and found a wife in another city.
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Go forth
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Meaning: Travel abroad, leave a place
Example: They WENT FORTH to spread the word of the new religion.
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Go forward
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Meaning: Move clocks ahead
Example: The clocks MOVE FORWARD an hour on Sunday.
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Go forward
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Meaning: Progress
Example: The top three teams GO FORWARD to the next round.
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Go in
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Meaning: Go to hospital for treatment, surgery, etc.
Example: He WENT IN for a triple bypass operation two days ago.
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Go in
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Meaning: Fit
Example: The cable GOES IN here.
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Go in
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Meaning: Disappear, become obscured by a cloud
Example: The sun has GONE IN.
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Go in
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Meaning: Attack
Example: The troops WENT IN at dawn.
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Go in for
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Meaning: Enter a competition or sit an exam
Example: He WENT IN FOR the photography prize, but didn't win.
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Go in for
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Meaning: Support, advocate
Example: I don't GO IN FOR the claims being made about blogging.
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Go in for
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Meaning: Like, have an interest in
Example: He GOES IN FOR classical music.
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Go in for
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Meaning: Make a career choice
Example: Have you thought about GOING IN FOR teaching?
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Go in with
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Meaning: Form a union or alliance
Example: They're going to GO IN WITH the Social Democrats.
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Go in with
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Meaning: Join, enter
Example: Ask the other to GO IN WITH them on the plan
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Go into
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Meaning: Discuss in some detail
Example: They refused to GO INTO exactly what was wrong.
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Go into
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Meaning: Enter a profession, hospital, trade, market
Example: She WENT INTO banking after she'd finished university.
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Go into
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Meaning: Begin a speech or description
Example: He WENT INTO a long attack on the way press had handled the issue.
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Go into
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Meaning: Be dedicated or devoted
Example: A lot of time and effort WENT INTO this book.
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Go into
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Meaning: Be contained in a larger number
Example: Five GOES INTO sixty 12 times
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Go it
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Meaning: Behave in a reckless way
Example: Shouting at the boss like that is GOING IT.
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Go it
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Meaning: Move or drive very fast
Example: After the traffic jam, he really WENT IT to make up time.
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Go it alone
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Meaning: Do something without help
Example: He prefers to GO IT ALONE rather then working with the team.
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Go off
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Meaning: Explode (bomb), start ringing (alarm)
Example: The fire alarm WENT OFF because someone was smoking in the toilets.
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Go off
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Meaning: Go bad
Example: The milk WENT OFF because I forgot to put it in the fridge.
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Go off
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Meaning: Start to dislike
Example: I WENT OFF her when she lied to me.
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Go off
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Meaning: Leave a place
Example: Please don't GO OFF until we have sorted this out.
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Go off
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Meaning: Take place, follow a plan or pattern
Example: The party WENT OFF well.
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Go off
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Meaning: Stop working (electric/electronic equipment)
Example: The lights GO OFF automatically when the office is empty.
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Go off with
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Meaning: Elope, run away with someone
Example: She WENT OFF WITH her friend's husband.
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Go off with
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Meaning: Steal
Example: He WENT OFF WITH my credit cards.
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Go on
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Meaning: Continue
Example: He WENT ON and ON talking and I was so bored.
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Go on
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Meaning: Happen
Example: There are loads of people out in the street; what's GOING ON?
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Go on
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Meaning: Start doing or taking something
Example: She WENT ON the pill when she met him.
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Go on
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Meaning: Be guided
Example: The investigators have no clues to GO ON.
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Go on
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Meaning: Be nearly a certain period of time
Example: It's GOING ON ten years since we met.
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Go on
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Meaning: Progress
Example: They asked me how the project was GOING ON.
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Go on
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Meaning: Spend money
Example: Most of my salary GOES ON my mortgage repayments.
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Go on
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Meaning: Start working (electric/electronic equipment)
Example: The alarm GOES ON when you close the front door.
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Go on about
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Meaning: Talk too much
Example: He's always GOING ON ABOUT his kids.
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Go on at
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Meaning: Pester, try to make someone do something by repeatedly asking or suggesting
Example: He WENT ON AT his parents until they bought him the game.
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Go on to
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Meaning: Proceed
Example: We had dinner and WENT ON TO a few bars.
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Go on with
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Meaning: Continue doing
Example: Please GO ON WITH your work.
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Go one
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Meaning: A way of encouraging someone
Example: GO ON, apply for the job.
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Go out
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Meaning: Stop burning, be extinguished
Example: The candle WENT OUT and left us in darkness.
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Go out
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Meaning: Leave a place
Example: He WENT OUT last night.
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Go out
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Meaning: Go on strike
Example: The workers WENT OUT for more money.
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Go out
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Meaning: Become infashionable
Example: That sort of tie WENT OUT last year.
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Go out
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Meaning: Move backwards, of a tide
Example: The tide GOES OUT in the evening.
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Go out
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Meaning: Be eliminated in a competition
Example: England WENT OUT in the second round.
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Go out
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Meaning: Be transmitted
Example: The item WENT OUT on the news yesterday.
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Go out
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Meaning: Be sent
Example: The newsletter WENT OUT last night.
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Go out
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Meaning: Intend
Example: I didn't GO OUT to offend them.
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Go out for
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Meaning: Become a candidate, apply for something
Example: She WENT OUT FOR a place on the team.
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Go out to
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Meaning: Feel sympathy with someone
Example: Our condolences GO OUT TO all the families who have lost people in this tragic accident.
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Go out with
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Meaning: Have a relationship with
Example: He's been GOING OUT WITH his girlfriend for around six months now.
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Go over
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Meaning: Look at something, revise
Example: We WENT OVER our notes before the exam.
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Go over
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Meaning: Visit
Example: I hadn't seen her for a while, so I WENT OVER on Friday night.
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Go over
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Meaning: Be approved or accepted
Example: My plans WENT OVER well.
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Go over
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Meaning: Repeat or explain
Example: Could you GO OVER that point again, please?
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Go over
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Meaning: Clean
Example: I WENT OVER the living room with the vacuum cleaner before they arrived.
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Go over to
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Meaning: Go on a journey
Example: I'm GOING OVER TO Hong Kong next month.
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Go over to
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Meaning: Become converted
Example: She WENT OVER TO Islam when she was living in the Middle East.
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Go over to
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Meaning: Change to something different
Example: I used to drink beer but I have GONE OVER TO wine.
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Go past
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Meaning: Pass without stopping
Example: She WENT PAST me without saying hello.
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Go round
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Meaning: Be or have enough of something
Example: There aren't enough jobs to GO ROUND for the numbers of people graduating nowadays.
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Go round
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Meaning: Circulate
Example: There's a nasty rumour GOING ROUND about them.
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Go round
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Meaning: Visit
Example: I WENT ROUND last night to see them.
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Go through
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Meaning: Experience
Example: You wouldn't believe what I WENT THROUGH when I was ill!
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Go through
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Meaning: Read again
Example: I WENT THROUGH my notes before the exam.
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Go through
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Meaning: Examine, search
Example: I WENT THROUGH my desk looking for the letter.
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Go through
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Meaning: Do something in a certain way or following certain procedures
Example: You must GO THROUGH the proper channels to get the approval.
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Go through
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Meaning: Explain
Example: He WENT THROUGH his ideas twice but I couldn't really understand them.
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Go through
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Meaning: Be approved formally or sanctioned
Example: My divorce WENT THROUGH last week.
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Go through
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Meaning: Enter
Example: They said I could GO THROUGH the exam room.
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Go through
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Meaning: Consume or spend
Example: We WENT THROUGH a fortune on our holiday.
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Go through
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Meaning: Perform or carry something out
Example: I WENT THROUGH my work in a daze after I heard the news.
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Go through with
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Meaning: Do or complete something you've agreed to
Example: He did promise, but I doubt that he'll GO THROUGH WITH it.
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Go to
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Meaning: Allocate money
Example: About half of my income GOES TO pay the mortgage.
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Go together
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Meaning: Harmonize or be compatible
Example: Drinking and driving don't GO TOGETHER.
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Go towards
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Meaning: Contibute
Example: The money WENT TOWARDS my university fees.
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Go under
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Meaning: Go bankrupt
Example: Many small shops are GOING UNDER because they cannot compete with the supermarkets.
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Go under
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Meaning: Lose consciousness
Example: She WENT UNDER a few minutes after they administered the anaesthetic.
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Go under
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Meaning: Sink
Example: The ship WENT UNDER in a heavy storm.
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Go up
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Meaning: Rise or climb
Example: The price of petrol has GONE UP sharply because of the increase in duty in the Government's budget.
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Go up
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Meaning: Approach
Example: We WENT UP and asked them for some information about the courses.
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Go up
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Meaning: Be built
Example: Skyscrapers are GOING UP everywhere in the city centre.
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Go up
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Meaning: Be heard
Example: A huge cheer WENT UP when the president arrived.
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Go up
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Meaning: Be promoted
Example: The top three teams GO UP at the end of the season.
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Go up to
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Meaning: Approach
Example: She WENT UP TO him and asked him if he wanted a drink.
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Go up to
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Meaning: Attend a university
Example: She WENT UP TO Cambridge after she finished secondary school.
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Go up to
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Meaning: Reach
Example: The book only GOES UP TO the start of the Second World War.
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Go with
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Meaning: Combine nicely
Example: Does this tie GO WITH my shirt?
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Go with
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Meaning: Accompany
Example: A lot of benefits GO WITH the job.
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Go with
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Meaning: Accept, agree to
Example: We're GOING WITH our original plan in the end.
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Go with
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Meaning: Date, have a relationship with
Example: She's been GOING WITH him since she was at university.
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Go without
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Meaning: Not have
Example: I had to GO WITHOUT lunch today because I didn't have any time.
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Go without
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Meaning: Cope without having something
Example: They're not coming, so we'll have to GO WITHOUT their help.