Showing 55 phrasal verbs and 143 definitions related to the verb 'Go'.
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Go about phrasal verb
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Meaning: Deal with something
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» Example: How should I GO ABOUT telling her the bad news? -
Meaning: Circulate
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» Example: A rumour is GOING ABOUT involving the Attorney General. -
Meaning: Continue to do something; keep busy with something
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» Example: Despite the threat of conflict, people WENT ABOUT their lives as usual. -
Meaning: Work on something
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: You're not GOING ABOUT the problem the right way.
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Meaning: Deal with something
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Go across phrasal verb
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Meaning: Move to another side or place
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: He WENT ACROSS to the opposition.
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Meaning: Move to another side or place
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Go after phrasal verb
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Meaning: Chase, try to get
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: The cat WENT AFTER the pigeon, but it flew away.
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Meaning: Chase, try to get
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Go against phrasal verb
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Meaning: Lose a decision or a verdict of a court
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: If the decision GOES AGAINST me, I'll go bankrupt.
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Meaning: Lose a decision or a verdict of a court
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Go ahead phrasal verb
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Meaning: Proceed
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The construction of the bypass WENT AHEAD despite the protests from environmentalists.
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Meaning: Proceed
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Go ahead with phrasal verb
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Meaning: Proceed
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: We now intend to GO AHEAD WITH the final stage of the project.
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Meaning: Proceed
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Go along with phrasal verb
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Meaning: Accept a decision or suggestion
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» Example: I didn't really agree, but I WENT ALONG WITH the decision because I was in the minority. -
Meaning: Accompany
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: I plan to GO ALONG WITH them as far as Los Angeles.
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Meaning: Accept a decision or suggestion
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Go around phrasal verb
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Meaning: Circulate
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» Example: A rumour is GOING AROUND about the Attorney General. -
Meaning: Be or have enough of something
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» Example: There aren't enough jobs to GO AROUND for the numbers of people graduating nowadays. -
Meaning: Visit
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: I WENT AROUND for dinner at their house.
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Meaning: Circulate
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Go at phrasal verb
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Meaning: Attack or approach something with vigour
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: She WENT AT her dinner like she hadn't eaten for days.
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Meaning: Attack or approach something with vigour
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Go away phrasal verb
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Meaning: Leave a place or disappear
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: This drug should make the pain GO AWAY.
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Meaning: Leave a place or disappear
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Go back phrasal verb
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Meaning: Have a long history
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: He and I GO BACK a long way- we were at school together. -
Meaning: Return to, start doing something again
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: We WENT BACK to work after the break.
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Meaning: Have a long history
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Go back on phrasal verb
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Meaning: Break a promise
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: The government have GONE BACK ON their promise not to raise taxes.
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Meaning: Break a promise
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Go before phrasal verb
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Meaning: Precede
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: We can´t ignore what has GONE BEFORE and pretend that everything has been OK.
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Meaning: Precede
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Go below phrasal verb
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Meaning: Leave the top deck of a ship
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The captain told the passengers to GO BELOW when the storm started.
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Meaning: Leave the top deck of a ship
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Go by phrasal verb
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Meaning: The passing of time
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» Example: Ten years WENT BY before we saw each other again. -
Meaning: Trust or depend on for correct information
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» Example: Don't GO BY my watch; it's usually a bit slow. -
Meaning: Pay a short visit, call
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: Nobody was at home when I WENT BY yesterday.
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Meaning: The passing of time
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Go down phrasal verb
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Meaning: Decrease, get smaller
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The price of scanners has GONE DOWN recently. -
Meaning: Sink
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The Titanic WENT DOWN after it hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage. -
Meaning: Sunset
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The sun WENT DOWN at seven o'clock. -
Meaning: Be sent to to prison
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» Example: He WENT DOWN for ten years for armed robbery. -
Meaning: Become recorded as or known as
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» Example: It WENT DOWN as the worst day in the history of the company. -
Meaning: Be eaten or swallowed
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» Example: The medicine WENT DOWN easily. -
Meaning: Fall to the ground
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» Example: The boxer WENT DOWN in the second round. -
Meaning: Happen, take place
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» Example: The police thought that a big crime was GOING DOWN that night. -
Meaning: Stop working, especially computers
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The computer system WENT DOWN for an hour last night. -
Meaning: Become dimmer
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» Example: The lights WENT DOWN and the audience stopped talking. -
Meaning: Be received by people, in terms of their reaction
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: My joke WENT DOWN very badly.
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Meaning: Decrease, get smaller
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Go down on phrasal verb
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Meaning: Perform oral sex
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: He WENT DOWN ON her.
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Meaning: Perform oral sex
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Go down to phrasal verb
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Meaning: Be defeated
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: Chelsea WENT DOWN TO Arsenal in a thrilling game.
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Meaning: Be defeated
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Go down with phrasal verb
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Meaning: Fall ill
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» Example: She WENT DOWN WITH a virus. -
Meaning: Find acceptance
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: Do you think the scheme will GO DOWN WITH the farmers in the area?
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Meaning: Fall ill
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Go for phrasal verb
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Meaning: Attack
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: The neighbour's dog WENT FOR the postman and bit him. -
Meaning: Be attracted to
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: She tends to GO FOR guys like him. -
Meaning: Choose, select
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: I'll GO FOR the soup of the day, followed by the duck. -
Meaning: Try to get
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: The player WENT FOR the ball but missed. -
Meaning: Have something favourable
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» Example: The play didn't have much GOING FOR IT and we left halfway through. -
Meaning: Pass for or serve as
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: It's a couch that also GOES FOR a bed.
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Meaning: Attack
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Go for it phrasal verb
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Meaning: Be assertive and ready to initiate action.
(Related to the meaning 'attack')
(Inseparable | International English | Contributed By: BobK)
» Example: He was not always successful, but whatever he tried to do he would always GO FOR IT.
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Meaning: Be assertive and ready to initiate action.
(Related to the meaning 'attack')
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Go forth phrasal verb
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Meaning: Leave a place
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» Example: He WENT FORTH and found a wife in another city. -
Meaning: Travel abroad, leave a place
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: They WENT FORTH to spread the word of the new religion.
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Meaning: Leave a place
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Go forward phrasal verb
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Meaning: Move clocks ahead
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» Example: The clocks MOVE FORWARD an hour on Sunday. -
Meaning: Progress
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The top three teams GO FORWARD to the next round.
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Meaning: Move clocks ahead
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Go in phrasal verb
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Meaning: Go to hospital for treatment, surgery, etc.
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» Example: He WENT IN for a triple bypass operation two days ago. -
Meaning: Fit
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» Example: The cable GOES IN here. -
Meaning: Disappear, become obscured by a cloud
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The sun has GONE IN. -
Meaning: Attack
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» Example: The troops WENT IN at dawn.
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Meaning: Go to hospital for treatment, surgery, etc.
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Go in for phrasal verb
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Meaning: Enter a competition or sit an exam
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» Example: He WENT IN FOR the photography prize, but didn't win. -
Meaning: Support, advocate
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: I don't GO IN FOR the claims being made about blogging. -
Meaning: Like, have an interest in
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: He GOES IN FOR classical music. -
Meaning: Make a career choice
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: Have you thought about GOING IN FOR teaching?
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Meaning: Enter a competition or sit an exam
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Go in with phrasal verb
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Meaning: Form a union or alliance
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» Example: They're going to GO IN WITH the Social Democrats. -
Meaning: Join, enter
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: Ask the other to GO IN WITH them on the plan
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Meaning: Form a union or alliance
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Go into phrasal verb
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Meaning: Discuss in some detail
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: They refused to GO INTO exactly what was wrong. -
Meaning: Enter a profession, hospital, trade, market
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» Example: She WENT INTO banking after she'd finished university. -
Meaning: Begin a speech or description
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» Example: He WENT INTO a long attack on the way press had handled the issue. -
Meaning: Be dedicated or devoted
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» Example: A lot of time and effort WENT INTO this book. -
Meaning: Be contained in a larger number
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: Five GOES INTO sixty 12 times
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Meaning: Discuss in some detail
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Go it phrasal verb
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Meaning: Behave in a reckless way
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» Example: Shouting at the boss like that is GOING IT. -
Meaning: Move or drive very fast
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: After the traffic jam, he really WENT IT to make up time.
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Meaning: Behave in a reckless way
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Go it alone phrasal verb
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Meaning: Do something without help
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: He prefers to GO IT ALONE rather then working with the team.
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Meaning: Do something without help
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Go off phrasal verb
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Meaning: Explode (bomb), start ringing (alarm)
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» Example: The fire alarm WENT OFF because someone was smoking in the toilets. -
Meaning: Go bad
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» Example: The milk WENT OFF because I forgot to put it in the fridge. -
Meaning: Start to dislike
(Inseparable | British English)
» Example: I WENT OFF her when she lied to me. -
Meaning: Leave a place
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» Example: Please don't GO OFF until we have sorted this out. -
Meaning: Take place, follow a plan or pattern
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» Example: The party WENT OFF well. -
Meaning: Stop working (electric/electronic equipment)
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The lights GO OFF automatically when the office is empty.
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Meaning: Explode (bomb), start ringing (alarm)
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Go off with phrasal verb
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Meaning: Elope, run away with someone
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» Example: She WENT OFF WITH her friend's husband. -
Meaning: Steal
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: He WENT OFF WITH my credit cards.
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Meaning: Elope, run away with someone
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Go on phrasal verb
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Meaning: Continue
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» Example: He WENT ON and ON talking and I was so bored. -
Meaning: Happen
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» Example: There are loads of people out in the street; what's GOING ON? -
Meaning: Start doing or taking something
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» Example: She WENT ON the pill when she met him. -
Meaning: Be guided
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» Example: The investigators have no clues to GO ON. -
Meaning: Be nearly a certain period of time
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» Example: It's GOING ON ten years since we met. -
Meaning: Progress
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» Example: They asked me how the project was GOING ON. -
Meaning: Spend money
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» Example: Most of my salary GOES ON my mortgage repayments. -
Meaning: Start working (electric/electronic equipment)
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The alarm GOES ON when you close the front door.
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Meaning: Continue
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Go on about phrasal verb
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Meaning: Talk too much
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: He's always GOING ON ABOUT his kids.
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Meaning: Talk too much
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Go on at phrasal verb
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Meaning: Pester, try to make someone do something by repeatedly asking or suggesting
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: He WENT ON AT his parents until they bought him the game.
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Meaning: Pester, try to make someone do something by repeatedly asking or suggesting
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Go on to phrasal verb
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Meaning: Proceed
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: We had dinner and WENT ON TO a few bars.
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Meaning: Proceed
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Go on with phrasal verb
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Meaning: Continue doing
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: Please GO ON WITH your work.
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Meaning: Continue doing
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Go one phrasal verb
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Meaning: A way of encouraging someone
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: GO ON, apply for the job.
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Meaning: A way of encouraging someone
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Go out phrasal verb
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Meaning: Stop burning, be extinguished
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» Example: The candle WENT OUT and left us in darkness. -
Meaning: Leave a place
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» Example: He WENT OUT last night. -
Meaning: Go on strike
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» Example: The workers WENT OUT for more money. -
Meaning: Become infashionable
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» Example: That sort of tie WENT OUT last year. -
Meaning: Move backwards, of a tide
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» Example: The tide GOES OUT in the evening. -
Meaning: Be eliminated in a competition
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» Example: England WENT OUT in the second round. -
Meaning: Be transmitted
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» Example: The item WENT OUT on the news yesterday. -
Meaning: Be sent
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» Example: The newsletter WENT OUT last night. -
Meaning: Intend
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» Example: I didn't GO OUT to offend them.
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Meaning: Stop burning, be extinguished
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Go out for phrasal verb
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Meaning: Become a candidate, apply for something
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: She WENT OUT FOR a place on the team.
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Meaning: Become a candidate, apply for something
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Go out to phrasal verb
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Meaning: Feel sympathy with someone
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: Our condolences GO OUT TO all the families who have lost people in this tragic accident.
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Meaning: Feel sympathy with someone
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Go out with phrasal verb
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Meaning: Have a relationship with
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» Example: He's been GOING OUT WITH his girlfriend for around six months now.
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Meaning: Have a relationship with
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Go over phrasal verb
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Meaning: Look at something, revise
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» Example: We WENT OVER our notes before the exam. -
Meaning: Visit
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» Example: I hadn't seen her for a while, so I WENT OVER on Friday night. -
Meaning: Be approved or accepted
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» Example: My plans WENT OVER well. -
Meaning: Repeat or explain
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» Example: Could you GO OVER that point again, please? -
Meaning: Clean
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» Example: I WENT OVER the living room with the vacuum cleaner before they arrived.
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Meaning: Look at something, revise
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Go over to phrasal verb
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Meaning: Go on a journey
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» Example: I'm GOING OVER TO Hong Kong next month. -
Meaning: Become converted
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» Example: She WENT OVER TO Islam when she was living in the Middle East. -
Meaning: Change to something different
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: I used to drink beer but I have GONE OVER TO wine.
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Meaning: Go on a journey
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Go past phrasal verb
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Meaning: Pass without stopping
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: She WENT PAST me without saying hello.
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Meaning: Pass without stopping
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Go round phrasal verb
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Meaning: Be or have enough of something
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» Example: There aren't enough jobs to GO ROUND for the numbers of people graduating nowadays. -
Meaning: Circulate
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» Example: There's a nasty rumour GOING ROUND about them. -
Meaning: Visit
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: I WENT ROUND last night to see them.
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Meaning: Be or have enough of something
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Go through phrasal verb
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Meaning: Experience
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» Example: You wouldn't believe what I WENT THROUGH when I was ill! -
Meaning: Read again
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» Example: I WENT THROUGH my notes before the exam. -
Meaning: Examine, search
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» Example: I WENT THROUGH my desk looking for the letter. -
Meaning: Do something in a certain way or following certain procedures
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» Example: You must GO THROUGH the proper channels to get the approval. -
Meaning: Explain
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» Example: He WENT THROUGH his ideas twice but I couldn't really understand them. -
Meaning: Be approved formally or sanctioned
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» Example: My divorce WENT THROUGH last week. -
Meaning: Enter
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» Example: They said I could GO THROUGH the exam room. -
Meaning: Consume or spend
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» Example: We WENT THROUGH a fortune on our holiday. -
Meaning: Perform or carry something out
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: I WENT THROUGH my work in a daze after I heard the news.
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Meaning: Experience
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Go through with phrasal verb
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Meaning: Do or complete something you've agreed to
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: He did promise, but I doubt that he'll GO THROUGH WITH it.
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Meaning: Do or complete something you've agreed to
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Go to phrasal verb
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Meaning: Allocate money
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» Example: About half of my income GOES TO pay the mortgage.
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Meaning: Allocate money
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Go together phrasal verb
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Meaning: Harmonize or be compatible
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: Drinking and driving don't GO TOGETHER.
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Meaning: Harmonize or be compatible
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Go towards phrasal verb
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Meaning: Contibute
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: The money WENT TOWARDS my university fees.
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Meaning: Contibute
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Go under phrasal verb
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Meaning: Go bankrupt
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» Example: Many small shops are GOING UNDER because they cannot compete with the supermarkets. -
Meaning: Lose consciousness
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» Example: She WENT UNDER a few minutes after they administered the anaesthetic. -
Meaning: Sink
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The ship WENT UNDER in a heavy storm.
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Meaning: Go bankrupt
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Go up phrasal verb
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Meaning: Rise or climb
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» Example: The price of petrol has GONE UP sharply because of the increase in duty in the Government's budget. -
Meaning: Approach
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» Example: We WENT UP and asked them for some information about the courses. -
Meaning: Be built
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» Example: Skyscrapers are GOING UP everywhere in the city centre. -
Meaning: Be heard
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» Example: A huge cheer WENT UP when the president arrived. -
Meaning: Be promoted
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The top three teams GO UP at the end of the season.
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Meaning: Rise or climb
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Go up to phrasal verb
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Meaning: Approach
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» Example: She WENT UP TO him and asked him if he wanted a drink. -
Meaning: Attend a university
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» Example: She WENT UP TO Cambridge after she finished secondary school. -
Meaning: Reach
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: The book only GOES UP TO the start of the Second World War.
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Meaning: Approach
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Go with phrasal verb
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Meaning: Combine nicely
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» Example: Does this tie GO WITH my shirt? -
Meaning: Accompany
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» Example: A lot of benefits GO WITH the job. -
Meaning: Accept, agree to
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» Example: We're GOING WITH our original plan in the end. -
Meaning: Date, have a relationship with
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: She's been GOING WITH him since she was at university.
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Meaning: Combine nicely
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Go without phrasal verb
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Meaning: Not have
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» Example: I had to GO WITHOUT lunch today because I didn't have any time. -
Meaning: Cope without having something
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: They're not coming, so we'll have to GO WITHOUT their help.
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Meaning: Not have