We have 143 phrasal verb definition 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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Inseparable
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- Inseparable
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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Go in
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Meaning:
Attack
Example:
The troops WENT IN at dawn.
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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
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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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- Intransitive
- International English
- Intransitive
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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.
Notes:
- Inseparable
- International English
- Inseparable
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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.
Notes:
- Inseparable
- International English
- Inseparable
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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.
Notes:
- Inseparable
- International English
- Inseparable
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Go with
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Meaning:
Combine nicely
Example:
Does this tie GO WITH my shirt?
Notes:
- Inseparable
- International English
- Inseparable
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Go with
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Meaning:
Accompany
Example:
A lot of benefits GO WITH the job.
Notes:
- Inseparable
- International English
- Inseparable
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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.
Notes:
- Inseparable
- International English
- Inseparable
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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.
Notes:
- Inseparable
- International English
- Inseparable
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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.
Notes:
- Inseparable
- International English
- Inseparable
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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.
Notes:
- Inseparable
- International English
- Inseparable