go

go ► VERB (goes, going; past went; past part. gone) 1) move to or from a place. 2) pass into or be in a specified state: her mind went blank. 3) (go to/into) enter into a specified state or course of action: go to sleep. 4) lie or extend in a certain direction. 5) come to an end; cease to exist. 6) disappear or be used up. 7) (of time) pass. 8) pass time in a particular way: they went for months without talking. 9) engage in a specified activity. 10) have a particular outcome. 11) (be going to be/do) used to express a future tense. 12) function or operate. 13) be harmonious or matching. 14) be acceptable or permitted: anything goes. 15) fit into or be regularly kept in a particular place. 16) make a specified sound. 17) informal say. 18) (go by/under) be known or called by (a specified name).

► NOUN (pl. goes) informal 1) an attempt: give it a go. 2) a turn to do or use something. 3) Brit. informal a single item, action, or spell of activity: it costs ten quid a go. 4) spirit or energy. 5) Brit. vigorous activity.

● go about — Cf. ↑go about

● go along with — Cf. ↑go along with

● go at — Cf. ↑go at

● go back on — Cf. ↑go back on

● go down — Cf. ↑go down

● go for — Cf. ↑go for

● go halves (or shares) — Cf. ↑go shares

● go in for — Cf. ↑go in for

● going!, gone! — Cf. ↑going!, gone!

● go into — Cf. ↑go into

● go off — Cf. ↑go off

● go on — Cf. ↑go on

● go out — Cf. ↑go out

● go over — Cf. ↑go over

● go round chiefly Brit. (chiefly US also go around) — Cf. ↑go round

● go through — Cf. ↑go through

● go under — Cf. ↑go under

● go with — Cf. ↑go with

● go without — Cf. ↑go without

● have a go at — Cf. ↑have a go at

● have going for one — Cf. ↑have going for one

● make a go of — Cf. ↑make a go of

● no go — Cf. ↑no go

● on the go — Cf. ↑on the go

● to go — Cf. ↑to go

● what goes around comes around — Cf. ↑what goes around comes around

ORIGIN Old English; the form went was originally the past tense of WEND(Cf. ↑wend).